Butcher & anor v Seeman & anor [2014] NSWLEC 1200

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Butcher & anor v Seeman & anor [2014] NSWLEC 1200 Hearing dates: 15 September 2014 Decision date: 26 September 2014 Jurisdiction: Class 2 Before: Fakes C Decision: Application to remove the trees is dismissed; orders made for pruning one tree - see [86] Catchwords: TREES [NEIGHBOURS]; Damage to property; risk of injury Legislation Cited: Trees (Disputes Between neighbours) Act 2006 Conveyancing Act 1919 State Environmental Planning Policy No 44 - Koala Habitat Protection Cases Cited: Bellette v Rubin & ors [2014] NSWLEC 1080 Black v Johnson (No 2) [2007] NSWLEC 513 Duncan & anor v Osland [2013] NSWLEC 1136 Hinde v Anderson & anor [2009] NSWLEC 1148 McGuiness v King [2013] NSWLEC 1049 Owners Corporation SP17514 v Owners Corporation SP34633 [2013] NSWLEC 1105 Pastars v Chhabra [2013] NSWLEC 1237 Price v Dougherty [2013] NSWLEC 1089 Robson v Leischke [2008] NSWLEC 152; LGERA 280 Smith & Hannaford v Zhang & Zhou [2011] NSWLEC 29 Turner v Garlick [2014] NSWLEC 1159 Yang v Scerri [2007] NSWLEC 592 Yin v D'Hondt & anor [2014] NSWLEC 1040 Category: Principal judgment Parties: N & V Butcher (Applicants) K & C Seeman (Respondents) Representation: Applicants: N & V Butcher (Litigants in person) Respondents: Ms K Gerathy (Solicitor) HWL Ebsworth Lawyers File Number(s): 201317 of 2014