Hi all - here's the report of the events of the last three days
Day 1
Site visit by Commissioners Dixon and Johnson plus legal teams and experts from both sides. They spent considerable time in the building before a drive around the area. They drove through both the 100 and 200 metre buffer zones so that they were all aware of where those boundaries lie and gained a good understanding of what the 200 metre buffer means and the residences in that zone, as well as a sense of the topography. A number of residents were also there but were unable to enter the building or participate in the drive around. From here we went to the Land & Environment Court in the city. The afternoon Court session saw the Barrister for Leura Memorial Gardens present their case in relation to permissibility of a Cremator unit on this site.
Channel 10 featured our story on the 5pm news.
Day 2
The barrister for the applicant presented the opposing view on permissibility in the morning session. Commissioner Dixon decided that the issue of permissibility could not be dealt with without consideration of the other issues. She invited Leura Memorial Gardens' barrister to return at the end of all other proceedings to present the rest of his case.
In the afternoon the Resident Witnesses presented their evidence and they were all great !!!!!!
Day 3
The morning was spent with the formal presenting from both sides of all the documents related to the case. Then in the afternoon expert witnesses in Parking & Traffic and Air Quality took the stand, presented their arguments and were cross examined.
So where are we up to?
Although originally set down for 3 hearing dates not all evidence has been presented so the court has adjourned until 23 December !!!!
So there will not be a decision until after Christmas and frustrating as that is, it is vital that the Commissioners get all the information they need to make the correct decision!!!!!
We will keep you informed when we know more. Please remember that these are legal proceedings so neither we nor the legal team can give any indication of how it's going or what decision we can expect as that may compromise our case.
from the "exhausted" No Crematorium Strategy Group.
