Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1. The accused Andre Parkes (also known as 'Drey' or 'Dre') is charged with four offences as follows: - Count 1: Break and enter into a dwelling house and committing a serious indictable offence therein in circumstances of special aggravation, contrary to s 112(3) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (Crimes Act); Count 2: Robbery armed with an offensive weapon in circumstances of aggra...
Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1.General meetings of voluntary associations can become the subject of heated dispute. The dispute is almost always best resolved by holding another meeting rather than the intervention of the Court, not least when the passage of time means that another such meeting must be held in any event. That is what happened in this case, leaving costs as the inevitable and intractable issue...
Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1. The defendant, Grant Michaels (a pseudonym [1] ), is a 30-year-old First Nations man with a history of committing both violence and property offences. He is currently subject to an Interim Supervision Order ("ISO") imposed by Walton J which commenced on 28 February 2025 [2] . It was subsequently extended and is set to expire on 25 April 2025. 2. The plaintiff, the State of New...
Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1. On 19 March 2025, I dismissed two motions filed by GMDA Pty Ltd as trustee for the GMD Family Trust (the plaintiff) after undertakings were given by the plaintiff and the first and second defendants, Abboud Joseph Baladi and Nour-Marie Baladi (the first and second defendants). 2. The first motion (the Auction Injunction Motion) was filed on 6 March 2025 and sought principally ...
Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1. On 16 August 2023 the plaintiff, Nexus Access Pty Ltd (Nexus), obtained default judgment against the defendant, CH Pacific Resources Pty Ltd (CPR), on its Amended Statement of Claim (ASoC) in the sum of $100,234.59. By notice of motion filed 21 February 2025, CPR seeks to set aside that judgment and to set aside a number of consequential orders. The orders sought to be set asid...
Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1. The offender appeared at the Wagga Wagga Local Court on 11 December 2024 and pleaded guilty to the following: H80404743 Sequences 1, 4, and 5 - Aggravated Break Enter and Commit Serious Indictable Offence (Larceny) contrary to s 112(2) of the Crimes Act, 1900; and Sequence 3 - Enter Land with Intent to Commit an Indictable Offence namely larceny contrary to s 114(1)(d) of th...
Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1. Graham Loughlan Harrison ("the plaintiff") is an inmate at Goulburn Correctional Centre ("Goulburn" or "GCC"). 2. The plaintiff is currently serving a sentence of 36 years for convictions for a wide range of offences including aggravated sexual assault; indecent assault; sexual intercourse without consent; using an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offence; ...
Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1. The Plaintiff is a company, the shareholders of which are Christiaan Straatemeier and his wife Annette Straatemeier. It is a trustee of what I infer is a family trust. For relevant purposes, it is controlled by Mr Straatemeier. 2. The First Defendant is a company and, during the period relevant to these proceedings until 30 August 2021, the Second Defendant was its sole direct...
Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1. The appellant is a car mechanic. This appeal concerns work he contracted to do during the period from December 2020 to February 2021 to rebuild the engine in the respondent's 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX. 2. The appellant appeals from an order made by the Consumer and Commercial Division of the Tribunal on 13 November 2024 requiring the appellant to pay the respondent damages in th...
Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24: 1. BELL CJ: There are three appeals before the Court arising from a detailed judgment of Williams J (the primary judge) following a 15 day hearing, involving allegations of breach of directors' and fiduciary duties owed to Sunnya Pty Ltd (Sunnya) by Ms Yanxia Lu (Ms Lu) and Mr Yinghan He (Mr He) (together, the He Parties), and claims of involvement in and knowing assistance in a f...