Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1. This decision concerns a consent application to make a new three-year award to apply to around 24 teachers who are employed by the Health Secretary in early childhood education and care centres attached to hospitals and other health facilities. 2. The Health Services Union NSW (HSU) and the Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch (IEU) are parties to the applica...
Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1. This is an internal appeal from a decision of the Tribunal which affirmed a decision of the respondent in relation to an access request for information under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. The applicant in the Tribunal proceedings, Peter Zonnevylle, has appealed from that decision. 2. A series of procedural orders have been made in this matter since the ap...
Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1.On 28 April 2025, I delivered my reasons for judgment in the proceeding. [1] At the conclusion of the Reasons, I made the following orders: "(1) Pursuant to s 61(2) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW): (a) Mr George Dahrie (or some such other registered Design Practitioner as the defendants nominate) is to prepare, at the defendants' cost, a Regulated Design to address the ma...
Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1. In December 2020, the plaintiff purchased a parcel of land subject to an existing development consent for 'demolition of existing buildings and construction of a new three to four storey building shop top housing development'. In accordance with the development consent, she commenced the construction of a four-storey residence on the land, with spaces on the ground floor separat...
Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1. Mark Madigan died on 5 February 2023 at the age of 86. He was survived by his de facto spouse, Donna Woods, with whom he had been in a committed and long-standing domestic relationship for over 35 years. 2. The deceased was also survived by six children. The oldest two are Samantha (born 1968) and Antony (born 1970) who are the children of the deceased's first marriage, which w...
Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1. By Originating Process filed on 7 March 2025, the Plaintiffs, Mr Alan Walker in his capacity as liquidator ("Liquidator") of Quasar Constructions (Commercial) Pty Ltd (in liq) ("QCC") and QCC seek relief against Mr James Crawford, Crawford 6 Pty Ltd ("C6PL") and Brookhollow Investments Pty Ltd ("Brookhollow"). By way of background, the First Defendant, Mr Crawford, was the sole ...
Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1. These proceedings arise following an appeal pursuant to s 368 of the Water Management Act 2000 (WM Act) against the respondent's refusal of an application for an amendment to a Combined Water Supply Works and Water Use Approval no 80CA718554 under s 95 of the WM Act which sought consent to construct and use a water supply work at a previously licenced well identified as 80BL 133...
Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1. This is an internal appeal from the decision of the Consumer and Commercial Division of the Tribunal made on 10 October 2024 in proceedings between the appellant, Julia Lisle (Dr Lisle), who was the landlord, and the respondent, Rod Courtney (Mr Courtney), who was the tenant, of premises at Yamba in New South Wales (the premises), in which Mr Courtney sought relief against Dr Li...
Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1. SEIDEN SC DCJ, DEPUTY PRESIDENT: This appeal arises from a decision in relation to a matter heard by the Tribunal, at first instance, on 17 December 2024. The order made on 15 November 2024, listing that matter, was as follows: "The matter is listed for directions and compliance with the summons to produce at 2:00pm on 17 December 2024 for 1 hour." 2. There is some dispute as ...
Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30: 1. Following the publication of our decision in Commissioner of Fair Trading v PSMG Pty Ltd [2025] NSWCATAP 34 the respondents have applied for an order that the appellant, the Commissioner for Fair Trading (the administrator) pay the respondent's costs of the proceedings, claiming that there are special circumstances warranting such an order under s 60(3) of the Civil and Administ...