The City of Charles Sturt claim for judicial review of the Ombudsman was the subject of a preliminary hearing before Justice Withers of the Supreme Court today. Michael Roder S.C. represented the Council, with Mr Bleeby appearing for the Defendant, Mr Richard Bingham. Also in courtroom 8 was Mr George Karziz from Norman Waterhouse.
A proposal to attempt settlement of the matter by way of mediation as suggestedt by the Defendants’ solicitor will be referred to the Council for instructions by Roder S.C.
Judge Withers intimated that, should settlement not be reached, the matter might well be referred to the Complex Cases List:
“.. a matter that challenges the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman should be dealt with at the Justice level, if not in due course by the Full Court.”
Unless settlement is reached, the case will come before Justice Withers at 9:00 AM 29TH September 2010
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