Kumar v Song

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kumar & anor v Song & anor [2015] NSWLEC 1374 Hearing dates:14 September 2015Date of orders: 14 September 2015 Decision date: 14 September 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 2Before: Fakes C Decision: Application upheld in part see [42] Catchwords: TREES [NEIGHBOURS] Damage to property – sewer; contributory factors - apportionment of rectification costs; hedge – obstruction of sunlight and views of sky. Legislation Cited: Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 Cases Cited: Drewett v Best [2010] NSWLEC 1305 Hinde v Anderson & anor [2009] NSWLEC 1148 McCallum v Riodan & anor [2011] NSWLEC 1009 Owners SP10923 v Wylo Holdings Pty. Ltd [1999] NSWSSB 14 Robson v Leischke [2008] NSWLEC 152; (2008) LGERA 280 Smith & Hannaford v Zhang & Zhou [2011] NSWLEC 29 Tenacity Consulting v Warringah Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 140 Yang v Scerri [2007] NSWLEC 592 Zangari v Miller (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 1093 Category:Principal judgmentParties: Aksheya and Shubha Kumar (Applicants) Matthew Song and Elissa Zhong (Respondents) Representation: Applicants: Mr V Kumar (Agent) Respondents: Mr M Song and Ms E Zhong (Litigants in person) File Number(s):20432 of 2015Judgment COMMISSIONER: The applicants have applied under both s7 Part 2 and s 14B Part 2A of the Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 (the Trees Act) for orders for intervention with a row of 26 Leyland Cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii) trees growing on an adjoining property in West Pennant Hills. The applicants contend that the trees severely block sunlight to windows of their...