NSW’s new environmental planning and assessment amendment bill: less red tape, more roofs!
Introduction The New South Wales State Government has recently unveiled the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2025 (Amendment Bill)…
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To defer or not to defer: deferred commencement conditions for essential services
Key points Clause 6.9 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 (GRLEP) provides that a Development Application (DA) must…
Cheers! HWL Ebsworth celebrates novel win for Woollahra Municipal Council in preserving one of Australia’s longest serving pubs: the Village Inn
Bowie Ferris Investments Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council [2024] NSWLEC 1774 Woollahra Municipal Council, represented by HWL Ebsworth Lawyers,…
Waste not, want not – the meaning of waste in Queensland
In the recent decision of Sargent v Goebbels [2024] QDC 138, the District Court has clarified the meaning of “waste”….
Contamination classification criteria clarified by WA Court
In the recent Western Australian Supreme Court (Court) decision of Greenland Resources Pty Ltd v Contaminated Sites Committee [2024] WASC…
Rules of conversation evidence in affidavits: do you know the gist?
Background Many readers would be familiar with affidavits relied upon in Court proceedings, whether it be in-house lawyers, council enforcement…