Purnell & anor v Hodge & anor; Steiner & anor v Hodge & anor [2012] NSWLEC 1362

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Purnell & anor v Hodge & anor; Steiner & anor v Hodge & anor [2012] NSWLEC 1362 Hearing dates: 22 October 2012 Decision date: 25 October 2012 Jurisdiction: Class 2 Before: Fakes C Decision: 20800 of 2012: Application dismissed 20824 of 2012: Application dismissed Catchwords: TREES [NEIGHBOURS] Damage to property; potential injury; Hedge - obstruction of sunlight; not a hedge for the purpose of the Act; insufficient evidence of actual or potential damage Legislation Cited: Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 Cases Cited: Smith & Hannaford v Zhang & Zhou [2011] NSWLEC 29 Yang v Scerri [2007] NSWLEC 592 Ghazal v Vella (No. 2) [2011] NSWLEC 1340 Barker v Kyriakides [2007] NSWLEC 292 Robson v Leischke [2008] NSWLEC 152 Hendry & anor v Olsson & anor [2010] NSWLEC 1302 Granthum Holdings Pty Ltd v Miller [2011] NSWLEC 1122 Johnson v Angus [2012] NSWLEC 192 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Applicants: G & C Purnell (20800 of 2012) R. Steiner & T Taylor (20824 of 2012) Respondents: S & K Hodge (both matters) Representation: Applicant: 20800 of 2012 Mr G Purnell (litigant in person) Applicant: 20824 of 2012) Ms R Steiner and Mr T Taylor (Litigants in person) Respondents: S & K Hodge (Litigants in person) File Number(s): 20800 of 2012; 20824 of 2012