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Zhu v Hergol Holdings Pty Ltd

The Court made consent orders requiring the respondent to remove two trees, arrange an arborist, grant access, and pay $2,640 compensation for roof damage.

  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • Tree removal
  • Property damage by trees
  • Conciliation conference
  • Compensation for damage
  • Trees-disputes-between-neighbours-act
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Environmental law

Economos v Warden

Economos v Warden [2025] NSWLEC 1108

The Court upheld a trees dispute application in part, ordering regular pruning of three hedge trees to protect lake views while preserving the respondents’ privacy.

  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • Pruning of trees
  • High hedges
  • View sharing
  • Privacy between neighbours
  • Trees-disputes-between-neighbours-act-2006
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Environmental law

Sader v Hunt

Sader v Hunt [2025] NSWLEC 1026

Tree dispute application dismissed after the Court found no severe obstruction of sunlight or views and no sufficient reasonable effort to reach agreement.

  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • Obstruction of sunlight
  • Obstruction of views
  • Reasonable effort to resolve disputes
  • Tree-disputes
  • Obstruction-of-sunlight
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Property law

Mirzaee-Amirabad v Wang

Mirzaee-Amirabad v Wang [2024] NSWLEC 1744

The Court partly upheld a neighbour tree dispute, ordering inspection and pruning of Tree 1 and replacement of a dividing fence, but refusing removal of the trees.

  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • Dividing fences act 1991
  • Fencing contributions
  • Tree-related property damage
  • Neighbour-disputes
  • Tree-damage
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Environmental law

Beswick v Sandig

Beswick v Sandig [2024] NSWLEC 1703

A Class 1 tree dispute about bamboo hedges and obstructed bushland views. The Court accepted jurisdiction but refused orders after balancing the applicants’ views against the respondent’s privacy.

  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • View obstruction
  • Privacy
  • Hedge disputes
  • Bamboo
  • Trees-disputes-between-neighbours-act
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Environmental law

Sellick v Lyons

Sellick v Lyons [2024] NSWLEC 1702

The Court ordered pruning and partial removal of neighbouring trees that were causing, and were likely to continue causing, minor damage to the applicant’s dwelling.

  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • Damage caused by neighbouring trees
  • Orders for tree removal and pruning
  • Neighbouring-trees
  • Tree-pruning-orders
  • Property-damage
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Environmental law

Mannix v Matthews

Mannix v Matthews [2024] NSWLEC 1698

The Court refused a tree dispute application, finding a neighbouring lilly pilly hedge did not severely obstruct sunlight to either window.

  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • Obstruction of sunlight
  • Court powers regarding trees
  • Trees-disputes-between-neighbours-act
  • Sunlight-obstruction
  • Neighbour-disputes
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Environmental law

Habusi Pty Ltd v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation

Habusi Pty Ltd v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2024] NSWLEC 1850

The Court approved consent orders under the Trees Act after finding tree roots had damaged a driveway and the remaining stump still engaged jurisdiction.

  • Damage from tree roots
  • Apprehension of further damage
  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • Tree-roots-damage
  • Neighbour-disputes
  • Trees-disputes-between-neighbours-act
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Environmental law

Stubbs v Lipar

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.

  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • Tree disputes
  • Neighbourhood disputes
  • Obstruction of sunlight/views
  • Hedges
  • Property damage
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Environmental law

Berridale Building & Joinery P/L v Zhou Property Management P/L

Berridale Building & Joinery P/L v Zhou Property Management P/L [2022] NSWLEC 1641

The Land and Environment Court granted a tree dispute application and ordered removal of a London Plane tree after finding its roots had caused, and were likely to cause, property damage.

  • Tree disputes
  • Damage to property
  • Trees (disputes between neighbours) act 2006
  • Remedies for tree damage
  • Tree-disputes
  • Property-damage
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