Belconnen, ACT, Aug. 22 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 42-year-old Watson man has been charged with multiple driving offences following a police pursuit through inner south suburbs yesterday. About 11:30am yesterday (Thursday, 21 August 2025) police conducting patrols on John Gorton Drive observed an unregistered grey Mazda 6. Further checks revealed the owner of the Mazda had a suspended licence and was subject to an arrest warrant. Police attempted to stop the vehicl...
Australia, Aug. 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 21: 1. COMMISSIONER: Linda Gray and Michael and Robyn Hamilton are neighbours in Springwood, in the Blue Mountains. Ms Gray has applied to the Court seeking orders for the Hamiltons to maintain trees growing on their property along the common boundary. 2. The hearing took place onsite, allowing me to observe the trees and both properties. Mr Dewell represented Ms Gray; the Hamiltons ...
Australia, Aug. 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 21: 1. By Originating Process filed on 20 June 2025, the First Plaintiff, Mr Jason Porter in his capacity as Liquidator of the Second Plaintiff, GR Capital Group Pty Ltd (Company), seeks an order pursuant to section 588FF(3)(b) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Act), extending the time within which the Plaintiffs may bring any application under s 588FF(1) by six months, to 21 Decemb...
Australia, Aug. 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 21: 1. The parties to these proceedings are in dispute about their arrangements for the ownership, and entitlement to the profits, of a service station business. It should have been a relatively straightforward matter. It has not proven to be so. 2. The plaintiff/cross-defendants are SNS Petro Pty Ltd and Mr Shobhit Saigal. The defendant/cross-claimant is Mr Gaurav Goel. 3. These pr...
Australia, Aug. 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 21: 1. This is an application filed on 25 June 2025 pursuant to s 34 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) ("Act") by Port Stephens Council ("Council") seeking approval of an enterprise agreement between the Council, the New South Wales Local Government, Clerical Administrative, Energy Airlines and Utilities Union ("USU"), the Local Government Engineers Association of New South W...
Australia, Aug. 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 21: 1. HER HONOUR: This judgment concerns whether pre-judgment interest should be calculated on a simple or compound basis, and whether any special costs order should be made. Facts 2. The parties executed a Share Sale Agreement which provided for deferred consideration to be paid by the purchaser based on financial performance in the two years' post-completion, that is, an 'earn-ou...
Australia, Aug. 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 21: 1. On 27 May 2025 the NSW Local Government Clerical, Administrative, Energy, Airlines and Utilities Union (USU) notified a dispute to the Commission pursuant to s 130 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (IR Act). It is convenient to set out the description of the dispute as set out in the filed Notification: "1. The parties have been in the process of bargaining for a new Enterp...
Australia, Aug. 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 21: 1. This decision concerns a consent application to vary the Nurses' (Local Government) Residential Aged Care Consolidated (State) Award 2021 (LG Nurses Award), and dispute proceedings commenced by Unions NSW on behalf of the Health Services Union NSW (HSU) and New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association (NSWNMWA) against Local Government NSW (LGNSW). 2. The dispute proceedin...
Australia, Aug. 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 21: 1. By Originating Process filed on 4 June 2025, the Plaintiff, Mayne Pharma Group Ltd ("MPG") seeks declarations that a notice of a material adverse change issued by the First Defendant, Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Cosette") was not validly issued and that Cosette did not validly terminate a Scheme Implementation Deed ("SID") dated 20 February 2025 by a purported termination n...
Australia, Aug. 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 21: 1. These proceedings arise following an appeal by Vigor Master Pty Ltd (applicant) pursuant to s 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) (EPA Act) against Northern Beaches Council's (Council) refusal of its development application DA2023/1932 for the construction of a seniors' living development at 72 to 76 Willandra Road, Oxford Falls (Lot 807, Lot 810 and...