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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Malliate v Sharpe [2001] NSWSC 1057 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4039/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 November 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 December 2001
Suzanne Malliate (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Ralph Hugh Sharpe (Defendant) Louise Sharpe (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J
COUNSEL : G Nell (Plaintiff) No appearance (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Baker & McKenzie (Plaintiff) No appearance (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : TORTS - NUISANCE - elements of tort - by tree roots encroaching on neighbouring land - adoption or continuance of nuisance - form of order - whether mandatory injunction requiring removal of tree appropriate Young v Wheeler (1987) Aust Torts Reports Morgan v Khyatt [1964] 1 WLR 475 City of Richmond v Scantelbury [1991] 2 VR 38 McCombe v Read [1955] 2 QB 429 CASES CITED : Khyatt v Morgan [1961] NZLR 1020 Mandeno v Brown [1952] NZLR 447 Woodnorth v Holdgate [1955] NZLR 552 Darroch v Carroll [1955] NZLR 997 Roud v Vincent [1958] NZLR 794 Hooper v Rogers [1975] 1 Ch 43 DECISION : Mandatory injunction requiring removal of tree not appropriate when court not satisfied no other way of ending the nuisance was practicable - injunction requiring defendants not to cause or permit tree roots to encroach so as to constitute a nuisance granted
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION CAMPBELL J 13 December 2001 4039/00 SUZANNE MALLIATE v RALPH SHARPE & ANOR Judgment
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