Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. By Amended Statement of Claim filed 28 November 2024, the Plaintiffs claim $680,000 from the Defendant, being the outstanding amount of principal and interest, they contend is owed to them on a loan. 2. The particulars of the claim are that, in May 2010, the Plaintiffs made an oral agreement with the Defendant to lend the amount of $340,000 to assist the Defendant in purchasing ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. This is an application made by the Transport Workers' Union of New South Wales (TWU), an association of contract drivers [1] (and the "Union as defined in clause 1.1 of the Determination) to vary the Transport Industry - General Carriers Contract Determination 2017 (the Determination) pursuant to s 320 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) (IR Act). The named Respondents to ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. This decision concerns an application, filed on 4 June 2025, pursuant to s 17 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (IR Act), to vary the rates of pay of employees in certain classifications under the Crown Employees (Department of Planning and Environment) Sydney Olympic Park Authority Managed Sports Venues Award 2022 (SOPA Award). The parties to the SOPA Award, as identified in ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. On 27 March 2025, the plaintiff, to whom the pseudonym PMD5 has been given, commenced proceedings by filing a Statement of Claim. 2. The Statement of Claim claimed damages from the State of NSW, as defendant, as a consequence of sexual abuse which the plaintiff alleged occurred to him between 1986 and 1999 at the hands of his father. The plaintiff claims that the defendant, bein...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. By summons filed on 8 April 2025, the Attorney General of New South Wales ("the Attorney") seeks orders in respect of the defendant pursuant to ss 121, 127(1)(a) and 128 of the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 ("the Act") that he be subject to an order for the extension of his status as a forensic patient for a period of four years. Given that s...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. By summons filed on 10 April 2024, Mr Mincong Huang (the applicant) commenced Class 4 proceedings in relation to development consent 795/2006/1 dated 26 June 2007 for "alterations and additions to existing garage/studio" (the 2007 development consent) at lot 24 in deposited plan 2538, also known as 6 Tivoli Avenue, Rose Bay, NSW (the property). The applicant is the registered pro...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. Each of the respondents to this appeal has filed a notice of motion seeking an order pursuant to r 51.41 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) (UCPR) dismissing the appellant's notice of appeal, filed on 13 May 2025, on the basis that the appeal is incompetent. 2. The subject of the appeal is two decisions of Cole DCJ in proceedings that the appellant commenced against...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. LEEMING JA: The issues in this case are simply stated. The late Maureen Alicia Anderton passed away on 18 March 2021, leaving a professionally drafted will made in 2016, and a handwritten document dated 26 January 2020. The former left most of her estate to ten named charities in equal shares. The latter is not a valid will, but it purports to leave most of her estate to the plai...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. In June 2014 Mr Bridge was involved in a low-speed motor vehicle accident in which he injured his back and neck. In 2022 he was also involved in a high-speed motor bike accident, but it appears that did not result in any relevant further injury. He has twice undergone spinal fusion surgery and has not worked since the first accident. In 2023 he pursued a claim under s 131 of the ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. By notice of motion dated 17 March 2025 Mrs Malass seeks orders extending the time to comply with court orders made on 4 April 2024 (the Orders) in relation to the unlawful development of a dwelling in Boden Avenue Strathfield (the property) owned by her. The Orders were made following lengthy civil enforcement proceedings commenced by Strathfield City Council (the Council) in Au...