Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25: 1. WARD P: I agree with Payne JA. 2. PAYNE JA: This is an appeal brought by Botanical Water Technologies IP Ltd (the first appellant), MyCo Pty Ltd (renamed Biocheese Pty Ltd on 3 September 2021, the second appellant), and Mr Terry Paule (the third appellant). Mr Paule is a director of MyCo and controls the company together with his brother, Mr S Paule. I will refer in this judgm...
Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25: 1. In 2017 Mr Smyers was the subject of a complaint about an alleged sexual assault, to which police responded, with the result that he was arrested and charged under s 61I of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), a buccal swab was taken and he was refused bail by police. He was later granted bail by the Local Court, on conditions. The prosecution was eventually discontinued in July 2019. 2...
Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25: 1. COMMISSIONER: With the goal of restoring views they say they have lost, Nina Zhang and Nalin Wang have applied to the Court seeking the following orders relating to trees on the neighbouring property belonging to The Owners - Strata Plan No 7600: 1) Pruning of three banksias and five brown pines to a level not above the sightline between a standing position on their upper leve...
Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25: 1. The question in this matter is whether the accused is entitled to a defence of mental health impairment, as defined under s 28 of the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW): 28 Defence of mental health impairment or cognitive impairment (1) A person is not criminally responsible for an offence if, at the time of carrying out the act constitu...
Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25: 1. On 27 June 2025 (and for the purposes of a judge-alone trial which I had ordered on 23 June 2025) I arraigned Tyran Izzard on indictment ...26.3 which contained three Counts. 2. The first of those Counts was that: "On 12 June 2021, at Parramatta in the State of New South Wales, [Tyran Izzard] robbed Vicky Sharma of property, namely, a mobile phone and Bluetooth earbuds, the p...
Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25: 1. HIS HONOUR: The Court is required to deal with a notice of motion seeking suppression orders in relation to the identity of two persons. The substantive proceedings are for defamation in which the plaintiff alleges that the defendant defamed the plaintiff by publishing a note to its members regarding a sanction handed down by the US Centre for SafeSport against the plaintiff, w...
Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25: 1. The offender, Jake Barry Bob Ackling-Nicholson, appears today to be sentenced for a range of offences, committed during a period of two months in September and October 2023. The offending took place over two incidents, the first occurring between 4 and 9 September 2023, and the second occurring on 5 October 2023. The offender was arrested and charged with the offences before th...
Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25: 1. Before the court is the plaintiff's notice of motion dated 22 July 2025. 2. On 29 November 2024 the court appointed the plaintiff as the receiver of the interest of Maria Fayad, the second defendant, in 59 Constitution Road and 61 Constitution Road, Constitution Hill, NSW (the properties): see Khattar v Hills Shoppingtown Pty Ltd (subject to a deed of company arrangement) [202...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 26 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: Hi everyone, I'm coming to you from Hume Dam, as part of a trip through the mid-Murray with Authority Chair Daryl Quinlivan, Regional Champion Jack Knowles, and people from other government agencies in the water family. We're visiting communities and stakeholders across the region to hear their ideas and concerns in sustainable water management. In other news, this month we released our Annual Operati...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: In recognition of Multicultural Queensland Month, and this year's theme 'One Queensland, Many Stories,' Acting Commissioner Shane Chelepy APM hosted the annual multifaith and multicultural dinner on Thursday 21 August, at the Brisbane Technology ParkConference&Exhibition Centre. The dinner brought together leaders from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, and government agencies for an evening...