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Please join REBA’s Land Use & Zoning Section for a webinar at 12 noon on Wednesday, November 30th. Our speakers, Kaitlyn C. Baptista of Hill Law, and Shawn M. McCormack of Davis Malm & D’Agostine, PC, will discuss venue considerations in zoning appeals, from both an abutter’s and developer’s perspective, and how the venue calculus has changed in light of the SJC’s decision in Bask, Inc. v. Municipal Council of Taunton, 490 Mass. 312 (2022).
The Land Court provides single-judge assignment and active case management, as well as expertise in the substantive area of law, which the Superior Court may sometimes lack. Bask, however, highlights a risk of litigating zoning appeals in the Land Court, with its limited subject matter jurisdiction. When a municipality ties its non-zoning regulations to obtaining zoning relief, then the Land Court may not have sufficient jurisdiction to give a successful plaintiff full relief. These and other venue considerations will be discussed during this program. Please come with questions for our panelists.
This webcast program, open to all REBA members, is at 12-1 pm on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. To register, RSVP to Audrey Stewart at stewart@reba.net.
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