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Welcome to the Land and Environment Court of NSW Online
The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales is a specialist environmental and planning court with a wide jurisdiction responsible for interpreting and enforcing environmental law in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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News and Announcements
| 28 July 2008 | "Operating an environment court: the experience on the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales" a paper delivered by Justice Brian J Preston to the Environmental Commission of Trinidad and Tobago Inaugural Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Law. |
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| 27 June 2008 | Announcement: New fees effective from 1 July 2008. Please use the fee schedule on the Court Fees page until 30 June 2008
>>>> view the new fee schedule |
| 26 June 2008 | "Consultation: One aspect of procedural propriety in administrative decision-making", a paper delivered by Justice Brian J. Preston, Chief Judge to the Australian Institute of Administrative Law 2008 seminar series: Administrative law: Musings from the bench |
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23 June 2008
| Approval of forms to be used in the Land and Environment Court
The Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court has approved new forms for use in the Court from 1 July 2008. However, the Court will continue to accept documents prepared in accordance with the old approved forms until 30 September 2008.
>>>> view the new approved forms
>>>> view the Chief Judge's approval |
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| 15 May 2008 | Latest Department of Housing median sales prices for all dwellings (December Quarter 2007) |
| 1 May 2008 | In Robson v Leischke [2008] NSWLEC 152 (1 May 2008), an application seeking an order for compensation for property damage pursuant to s 9(2)(i) of the Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006, Preston CJ sets out the historical background to such actions prior to the coming into force of this Act and the background to the development of the Act itself.
In paras 136 to 219 of His Honour’s decision, he analyses and provides a guide to the requirements of the various steps in the operation of the statutory scheme for applications seeking orders for compensation for property damage under the Trees Act. |
| 30 April 2008 | Paper presented by Justice Brian J. Preston, Chief Judge and Hugh Donnelly at the Judicial Commission launch of the JIRS sentencing database for environmental offences. The establishment of an environmental crime sentencing database in New South Wales |
| 16 April 2008 | Court’s operating hours during the World Youth Day activities
The World Youth Day (WYD08) will be held in Sydney commencing on Tuesday, 15 July 2008 to Sunday, 20 July 2008.
The Land and Environment Court will be operating as normal during the period Tuesday, 15 July 2008 to Friday, 18 July 2008.
Practitioners or clients attending the Land and Environment Court in Sydney in the above period are advised to allow extra travelling time given the potential for delays due to road closures and also the increase in passengers using public transport.
Further information on WYD2007 may be obtained from http://www.wyd2008.org
Information on road and traffic changes may be accessed from http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/ |
| 17 March 2008 | Delegation to Registrars under section 13 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 |
| 06 March 2008 | Paper: Launch of NSW Chapter – Planning Law Chapter, “Bridging the Gap – Planning and the Law” by Justice Jagot to the Planning Institute of Australia |
| 28 February 2008 | Paper presented by Justice Brian J. Preston, Chief Judge, to Australian Land and Groundwater Association EcoForum 2008. Ecologically Sustainable Development In the Context of Contaminated Land |
| 12 February 2008 | Latest Department of Housing median sales prices for all dwellings (September Quarter 2007) |
| 8 February 2008 | Law Vacation 2008 - 2009 |
| 21 January 2008 | Revised Standard Disputes Directions for Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 |
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