Estimates Replies

St Clair Recreation Park Association

In reply to the Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon) (17 July 2014). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations): I have received this advice:

In the judicial review proceedings of 2009, Cheltenham Park Residents' Association v Minister for Urban Development and Planning, State of South Australia and South Australia Jockey Club, and in the subsequent Supreme Court appeal of 2010, 80 per cent of the costs of the minister and the state were awarded against the Cheltenham Park Residents' Association. This amounted to $28,000. The Crown Solicitor's Office has not received any money in respect of costs.

The state government is represented in the judicial review proceedings by the Crown Solicitor's Office. The judicial review is in the early stages of proceedings with a timetable set for the parties to file and serve affidavits. I am advised that the issues are relatively simple but, given that all affidavit material is yet to be filed, it is too early to estimate costs with any degree of accuracy.

The state government has not sought security for costs against the Cheltenham Park Residents' Association as the Crown Solicitor's Office has not recommended that security for costs be sought.