Planning disputes
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| Hawkesbury City Council v Saed [2022] NSWLEC 34 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWLEC | Upheld | Other | Council | 1 Apr 2022 | ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCE – removal of trees –charge of development without consent – guilty plea – sentencing principles – substantial actual and likely environmental harm caused by the commission of the offence – state of the mind of the defendant at the time of the commission of the offence – whether defendant was criminally negligent – objective seriousness of the commission of the offence moderate to low – no prior convictions – genuine remorse and contrition demonstrated – specific and general |
| Hawkesbury Sports Council v Martin [2019] NSWCA 76 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWCA | — | — | — | 16 Apr 2019 | TORTS – negligence – breach of duty – where risk of harm obvious – where not established that risk not insignificant – whether content of duty required precaution of removing steel cable EVIDENCE – opinion evidence – expert opinion – where expert “civil engineer” and “building consultant” – where opinion as to human visual perception – whether expert has “specialised knowledge” – whether opinion wholly or substantially based on such specialised knowledge EVIDENCE – photographic evidence – where |
| Byrnes v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWCA 173 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWCA | — | — | — | 25 June 2015 | TORTS – negligence – findings of fact – whether the primary judge erred in concluding that the Council did not perform work at the location of the appellant’s fall and was therefore not responsible for the appellant’s injury – whether the primary judge erred in, alternatively, accepting and declining to accept certain evidence and in not giving sufficient weight to other evidence |
| Ford v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWLEC 19 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | Agricultural | Council | 16 Feb 2015 | APPEAL – against conviction and severity of sentence – contractor convicted of unlawfully clearing about 12 trees on a rural property – whether defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact made out – whether fine of $8,000 too severe |
| Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1636 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWSC | Interlocutory | — | Council | 7 Nov 2013 | APPEAL FROM LOCAL COURT - notice of discontinuance filed without consent of other party or with leave of the court - other party's consent to discontinuance provided to the court - order as to costs. |
| Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1341 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWSC | — | — | — | 17 Sept 2013 | PROCEDURE - appeal from magistrate - application to strike out appeal for want of prosecution - appeal on grounds of law - delay in obtaining transcript - delay not adequately explained - appeal to proceed on basis of evidence filed to date |
| Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2009] NSWLEC 220 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWLEC | Upheld | Other | Council | 9 Dec 2009 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- stay of former bankrupt's application to reinstate his proceedings until he has paid other party's costs of other proceedings. |
| Thomson v Hawkesbury City Council [2009] NSWLEC 151 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | — | Council | 9 Sept 2009 | APPEAL :- appeal against severity of sentences and costs order - appeal by way of rehearing - fresh evidence on appeal - nature and purpose of award of costs in Local Court - appeal dismissed |
| Angel v Hawkesbury City Council [2008] NSWCA 130 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWCA | — | — | — | 25 June 2008 | NEGLIGENCE – Civil Liability Act 2002 – Duty of care – Pedestrian – Footpath under management of Council defective – Actual knowledge of risk of harm – Whether defect constituted an ‘obvious risk’ to reasonable person in position of appellant – Defect obscured by shadows – Relation between obviousness of risk and breach of duty – Whether appellant took reasonable care for own safety - EVIDENCE – Interpretation of photographs – Lay opinion - DAMAGES – Future gratuitous attendant care services – W |
| Bruyan, S v Hawkesbury City Council [2006] NSWLEC 51 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWLEC | Costs | Subdivision | Mixed | 15 Feb 2006 | Costs :- class 1 - exercise of discretion in favour of consent authority where applicant fails to submit supporting material within a reasonable time. |
| Hawkesbury City Council v Jarvie [2005] NSWLEC 775 | NSW | Hawkesbury City Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | Extractive | Applicant | 5 July 2005 | Interlocutory Relief :- continuation of injunction - drilling of a test bore - no evidence of irreparable harm - undertaking to carry out the drilling in accordance with the licence conditions - injunction discharged |