Following on from our earlier post which can be found here, the Court of Appeal’s decision in Warkworth Mining Limited v Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc [2014] NSWCA 105 not only finds that there was no legal error in Preston CJ’s decision…
Proof of ownership of land is not the certificate of title (CT). Rather, it is the recording in the Registrar General’s folio. The CT is, if you like, merely a memo recording what exists on the folio of the Register, the latter…
Whether ‘relocation’ costs are payable as a ‘loss attributable to disturbance‘ following the compulsory acquisition of land, depends on whether the market value of the land is assessed based on a use of land that is different to the purpose…
Two planning principles have recently been removed from the list of principles published on the Land and Environment Court website, both with respect to landscaping. However, it seems that the principles still exist and can be referred to.
The Court of Appeal in Warkworth Mining Limited v Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc [2014] NSWCA 105 has today dismissed an appeal against a Land and Environment Court judgement that refused project approval to extend the Warkworth mine located in the…
On 1 April 2014 I published a blog Swimming Pools Act: The Deadline Postponed. The blog advised that Councils had another 12 months in which to implement their inspection program and to establish their mandatory program of review of tourist,…
Numerous incidents over the years involving the tragic drowning of small children in backyard pools led the State Government in 2012 to amend the Swimming Pools Act 1992 (Act). The main changes strengthen compliance conditions for child proof fencing and child…