Smith v Kaddour [2017] NSWLEC 117

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Smith v Kaddour [2017] NSWLEC 117 Hearing dates: 22 August 2017 Date of orders: 15 September 2017 Decision date: 15 September 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 2 Before: Pain J Decision: See par 30 Catchwords: TREES (NEIGHBOURS) – practice and procedure –jurisdiction of Court – earlier case finding no causation of damage by tree – principle of res judicata – no evidence demonstrating relevant change of circumstance enabling commencement of fresh proceedings – change of owner where tree located since earlier litigation – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 s 3, Pt 2 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 13.4 Cases Cited: Barbour v Stillianesis [2010] NSWLEC 1275 Blatchford v Clubley (No 2) [2015] NSWLEC 1040 Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner and Keeler Ltd (No 2) [1967] AC 853 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1; [2005] HCA 12 O'Donel v Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways (1938) 59 CLR 744; [1938] HCA 15 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589; [1981] HCA 45 Robson v Leischke (2008) 159 LGERA 280; [2008] NSWLEC 152 Smith & Hannaford v Zhang & Zhou [2011] NSWLEC 29 Thoday v Thoday [1964] P 181 Trawl Industries of Australia Pty Ltd (in liq) v Effem Foods Pty Ltd (1992) 36 FCR 406; [1992] FCA 377 Texts Cited: Handley, KR, Spencer Bower and Handley: Res Judicata (4th ed, LexisNexis, 2009) Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW (LexisNexis, 2005) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: David Smith (First Applicant) Sharon Lesley Hannaford (Second Applicant) Kareem Kaddour (First Respondent) Marin Kaddour (Second Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: In person (First Applicant) D Smith, agent (Second Applicant) M Parrino, solicitor (Respondents)