BRISBANE, Queensland, June 4 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie Farm safety campaign launches for 2026 * The Crisafulli Government launches competition to educate school students and their families on the importance of farm safety. * Primary school students' artwork will feature each month of the year with a different s...
Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5: 1. This is an application by the Defendant to file an amended defence to the Plaintiff's claim. 2. Mr Folino Gallo of counsel, who has appeared for the Plaintiff, opposes the amendments on two very narrow grounds. 3. The first is that he submits, as a matter of either law, the Court rules, or proper practice and procedure, those portions of the amended defence which pray in aid var...
Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5: 1. By Notice of Motion filed on 17 April 2025, Mr Conneely sought an order that: "Judgement [sic] to be set aside due to forgery on the following documents Deed of Company Arrangement including Deed of Guarantee and Indemnity, and review the [Justice Nixon] decision as he breached his fiduciary duty and fiduciary responsibility on 14 April 2025 in the constructive trust matter 2023/...
Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5: 1. Mr Monteiro has made application by way of summons, inter alia, for the revocation of an extended supervision order ("ESO") made against him by Fagan J, under the provisions of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) ("the Act"): State of New South Wales v Monteiro (Final) [2020] NSWSC 881. The order that was imposed as long ago as 5 July 2020 but had been suspended by rea...
Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5: 1. The offender is to be sentenced with respect to one offence following a trial in which the offender was found guilty. 2. The offence for which the offender is to be sentenced is as follows: Count 1 - Causing grievous bodily harm to a person and being reckless as to causing actual bodily harm to a person contrary to s 35(2) of the Crimes Act 1900. This offence carries a maximum ...
Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5: 1. I delivered judgment in these proceedings on 26 March 2025, see ASCF Funding Solutions Pty Ltd v SL Property Maintenance Pty Ltd [2025] NSWSC 262. The Summons was dismissed. The parties were given an opportunity to make short written submissions about costs and agreed for the matter to be determined on the papers. 2. Section 98(1) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) provides: ...
Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5: 1. The background to this matter is set out in my judgment of 15 October 2024. [1] I shall use the same abbreviations here. 2. I then declined to lift my 14 December 2023 stay of my 20 November 2023 $37 million judgment in favour of Gosford against the Bank. [2] 3. I did so pending consideration by the Chinese Court of the Bank's application to that Court to dissolve its Civil Ruli...
Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5: 1. By notice of motion filed on 1 May 2025, VSD Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for The VSD Investments Trust (VSD), seeks a stay of orders made by Peden J (the primary judge) on 2 May 2025 which required funds in Court to be paid out to Builtcom Constructions Pty Ltd (Builtcom) "immediately". Her Honour stayed the operation of the order until the earlier of a further order, including...
Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5: 1. The offender, Christopher Sheedy aka Porter, entered pleas of not guilty on arraignment before a jury on 30 January 2025. The indictment contained two Commonwealth offences, with count 2 pleaded in the alternative. On 6 February 2025 the jury returned a verdict of guilty on the principal count. The offender is now to be sentenced for an offence of using a carriage service to trans...
Australia, June 3 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 5: 1. PAYNE JA: I agree with Adamson JA. 2. ADAMSON JA: The appellant, Allianz Australia Insurance Limited trading as Allianz (Allianz), challenges the dismissal by Griffiths AJA (the primary judge) in the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court (the Court below) of its claim for relief under s 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) in respect of the decision of the second respondent ...