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The Land and Environment Court of NSW is a specialist court that deals with specific types of legal problems arising under planning, environmental and mining laws.
Types of cases
Types of cases

The Land and Environment Court has a wide jurisdiction to hear and determine many different types of case. The main types of cases heard by the Court are grouped here by the relevant class of the Court's jurisdiction
Resolving disputes
Resolving disputes

There are many ways to resolve a dispute. The Land and Environment Court promotes appropriate dispute resolution. This involves matching the appropriate dispute resolution method with the particular dispute.
Coming to court
Coming to court

If you have not been to a court before and you are not sure what to expect, this section provides helpful information on how the court works; how to prepare for your hearing and who's who in court
Practice and procedure
Practice and procedure

Information explaining the practice and procedure that applies for particular types of cases in the Land and Environment Court, or generally, to all types of cases.
Decisions
Decisions

Land and Environment Court decisions and heard matters are published on NSW Caselaw

Directions

The different types of cases dealt with by the Land and Environment Court are case managed at direction hearings. The Practice Notes for the different types of cases state the case management directions the Court will usually make to prepare the case for a final hearing or some other means of resolving the dispute, such as conciliation or mediation. These are provided as a statement of the usual directions. These statements are reproduced below for parties to complete and provide to the Court at the directions hearing.

Parties may delete or amend the directions stated, change the time specified for a direction, or propose alternative directions, if they have a reasonable basis for considering that the amended or alternative directions will better facilitate the just, quick and cheap resolution of the proceedings.

The usual directions provided in the Practice Notes are as follows.