Levett v Murray; Levett v Lyndall Jane Makin and Michelle Toni Le Mesurier as administrators for the Estate of Marcia Catherine Hinkley

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Levett & anor v Murray & anor; Levett & anor v Lyndall Jane Makin and Michelle Toni Le Mesurier as administrators for the Estate of Marcia Catherine Hinkley [2016] NSWLEC 1012 Hearing dates:13 January 2016Date of orders: 15 January 2016 Decision date: 15 January 2016 Jurisdiction:Class 2Before: Fakes C Decision: 15/20918: The application is dismissed.15/20919: The application is dismissed. Catchwords: TREES [NEIGHBOURS] : Hedge; obstruction of sunlight; discretionary matters Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 2010 Cases Cited: McDougall v Philip [2011] NSWLEC 1280 Category:Principal judgmentParties: Kerry Donald & Penelope Clair Levett (Applicants – both matters) Robert John & Anne Elizabeth Murray (Respondents 20918 of 2015) Lyndall Jane Makin and Michelle Toni Le Mesurier as administrators for the Estate of Marcia Catherine Hinkley (Respondents 20919 of 2015) Representation: Applicants: Kerry and Penelope Levett (Litigants in person) Respondents 20918 of 2015: Anne Murray (Litigant in person) Respondents: 20919 of 2015: Richard Akero (Agent) File Number(s):20918 of 2015 & 20919 of 2015Judgment COMMISSIONER: The Levetts own a property in Burradoo. The adjoining properties to the north were once part of a larger property known as ‘Ostler’s Lodge’, listed as a local heritage item in Schedule 5 Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 2010 (WLEP). On the southern boundary of that property is a row of Cupressus torulosa (Bhutan Cypress) believed to have been planted in the 1980s....