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The Owners – Strata Plan No 52378 v Huang [2025] NSWLEC 1125
Strata owners succeeded in part in a tree dispute, obtaining orders to remove some cypress trees and maintain others after findings of severe sunlight and view obstruction.
Garbutt v Nichols [2025] NSWLEC 1035
The Court granted a neighbouring trees application and ordered pruning, not removal, of a blackbean tree overhanging the applicants’ property.
Yam v Tavakoli [2024] NSWLEC 1781
A Class 2 tree dispute resulted in orders to remove a large blackbutt tree, subject to any non-EP&A or Heritage Act consents, because it posed injury and damage risks.
Sinclair v Savage [2024] NSWLEC 1672
Class 2 tree-dispute application refused because the hedge was not found to severely obstruct sunlight to the applicant’s windows.
The Owners – Strata Plan No 17467 v The Owners – Strata Plan No 22319 [2024] NSWLEC 1596
The Court refused tree removal and retaining wall repair orders, but ordered pruning of T2 to remove overextended branches above the applicant's property.
Kwan v Wilbraham [2024] NSWLEC 1581
Neighbour tree dispute under the NSW Trees Act: the Court ordered gutter repairs and limited pruning of one tree, but refused removal and found no injury risk.
Mahadik v Jones [2024] NSWLEC 1411
Neighbour-tree dispute over a mature ironbark that had damaged roof tiles. The Court ordered pruning by a qualified arborist, not removal, and refused compensation.
Stubbs v Lipar [2024] NSWLEC 1780
The Court refused a tree dispute application, finding no near-future property damage or injury risk, and that only the bamboo formed a hedge, but caused no severe obstruction.
Foley v Thompson [2024] NSWLEC 1129
The Court refused a tree-dispute application because the evidence did not show the respondents’ trees caused, or were likely to cause, damage to the applicant’s property.
Cattanach v Butler [2023] NSWLEC 1805
The Court found the respondent’s trees caused damage to neighbours’ property and ordered apportioned repair and compensation, with access and timing conditions.
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