Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. HIS HONOUR: These proceedings relate to moneys that were held in an account or accounts with Australian Military Bank Limited. The claimants over that monies are Kevin Pike and Nathan Pike who are father and son respectively. Without any disrespect I will call these parties Kevin and Nathan in this judgment. 2. The Australian Military Bank Limited brought proceedings by way o...
Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. COMMISSIONER: This judgment deals with the following two appeals: 1) Proceedings 2023/192915 (DA Proceedings) - an appeal pursuant to s 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) (EPA Act) against the respondent's refusal of Development Application No DA/22/0601 (Development Application) seeking consent for the continued use of various buildings/structure...
Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. MITCHELMORE JA: I agree with Coleman J. 2. IERACE J: I agree with Coleman J. 3. COLEMAN J: Brodie O'Hanlon ("the applicant") pleaded guilty to two offences contrary to s 134.2(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth) for dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception (totalling a value of $18,000) (sequences 1 and 4). The applicant also pleaded guilty to three offences under ...
Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. HIS HONOUR: Greenock is a historic industrial town by the Firth of Clyde, 25 miles west of Glasgow. It grew from a fishing community to become the site of the first dock on the Clyde in 1711. [1] It is the birth place of the late John Currie Docherty Hamilton (deceased) born in September 1946. 2. Reputedly, the town is home to the world's first "Burns Club", a club devoted to...
Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. On 17 July 2025, on the plaintiffs' application, I granted leave to the plaintiffs to rely on the expert report of Marty Denham in the forthcoming hearing of a case in which the plaintiffs seek damages arising from the damage or destruction of their house by a fire alleged to have been caused by a fault in an appliance provided by the defendant: Anthea Hammon v ASKO Appliances...
Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. By four amended summonses filed by WaterNSW on 27 September 2018, Kiangatha Holdings Pty Ltd ("Kiangatha") and Laurence Natale were each charged with two offences against s 120(1) of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 ("POEOA"). 2. The offences related to the pollution of waters during the construction of a dirt road between 8 and 10 kms on land owned by Ki...
Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. The plaintiff (Xela) is a building company. It entered into a building contract with the defendant (Leralais) on 17 June 2022. The contract provided for the construction of 7 townhouses on land owned by Leralais in Bowral, in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Xela and Leralais have had a falling out over the contract. Xela has 3 judgments against Leralais from the District Court,...
Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. On 26 June 2025 the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) received an administrative review application from Mr J Chi (the Applicant), naming the Office of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner as the respondent party, in respect of a decision of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner (the Commissioner) made on 12 March 2025 to close a complaint under s 277(1)(a) of the Lega...
Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. By application lodged on 13 June 2025 with the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), Mr J Chi (the Applicant) seeks administrative (or merits) review of a decision made by the NSW Legal Services Commissioner (the Commissioner) on 28 May 2025 to refuse the Applicant's request that the Commissioner conduct an internal review, under s 313(1) of the Legal Profession Unifor...
Australia, Sept. 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 11: 1. This is an application for review of a decision of the Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force, the respondent in these proceedings ("Respondent") to revoke a firearms licence held by the applicant, Anthony Jon Helsby ("Applicant"). The Applicant contests that revocation. Background 2. The Applicant had attempted self-harm in around 1980 when he was 17 years old. He was, at...