Cramer v Howard

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Case Name:  Cramer & anor v Howard & anor Medium Neutral Citation:  [2015] NSWLEC 1123 Hearing Date(s):  27 April 2015 Date of Orders: 27 April 2015 Decision Date:  27 April 2015 Jurisdiction:  Class 2 Before:  Fakes C Decision:  Application upheld in part see [58] Catchwords:  TREES [NEIGHBOURS] Damage to property; risk of injury; compensation; second application Legislation Cited:  Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 Rural Fires Act 1997 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited:  Barker v Kyriakides [2007] NSWLEC 292 Freeman v Dillon [2012] NSWLEC 1057 Hinde v Anderson & anor [2009] NSWLEC 1148 Ludevig & Cramer v Howard [2008] NSWLEC 1340 McCallum v Riodan & anor [2011] NSWLEC 1009 Robson v Leischke [2008] NSWLEC 152 Smith & Hannaford v Zhang & Zhou [2011] NSWLEC 29 Tuft v Piddington [2008] NSWLEC 1249 Yang v Scerri [2007] NSWLEC 592 Zangari v Miller (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 1093 Category:  Principal judgment Parties:  Mr Daniel Cramer and Dr Sabine Ludewig (Applicants) Mr Ken Howard and Mrs Robyn Howard (Respondents) Representation:  Counsel: Applicants: Mr Cramer and Dr Ludewig (Litigants in person) Respondents: Mr and Mrs Howard (Litigants in person) Solicitors: File Number(s):  20114 of 2015 JUDGMENTThis decision was given as an extemporaneous decision. It has been revised and edited prior to publication.COMMISSIONER: In 2000, the applicants purchased their property in St Ives, in what they accept was, and is, a bushland setting.In 2008 they applied under s 7 Part 2 of the Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours)...