Hones Lawyers Case Studies

Hones Lawyers successfully represented a Plaintiff against her neighbours in a dispute over three easements on her property, including rights to a driveway, garage, and rooftop terrace. The court upheld the Plaintiff's claims, ruling that the easements were being misused. The case is under appeal.

Hones Lawyers represented Mr and Mrs Jeffery in securing a new right of carriageway after their access was blocked by a dam. The court ruled in their favour, ordering the Defendants to pay the Plaintiffs' costs.

Hones Lawyers successfully represented Janet Petrie in invalidating an easement burdening her Palm Beach property. The court ruled the easement was misused by the neighbours, granting them unlawful exclusive possession.

Our client was seeking declaratory relief in relation to the approved use of three illuminated roof signs prominently displayed near the top of a 17-storey office building in North Sydney.

The applicant had been attempting to negotiate with neighbours regarding pruning a bamboo hedge which had grown and caused a severe obstruction to views of the beaches and headlands from the applicant’s property.

In 2006, a development consent was granted by Wingecarribee Shire Council approving the subdivision of land adjacent to the Applicant’s home. This consent was subject to conditions which included limiting the height of new buildings to single story.

Our clients had already reduced their development after consultation with Council, and in the face of a number of submissions opposing their development lodged by surrounding neighbours.

An application was made with North Sydney Council to convert a dilapidated State heritage listed building, Tarella into a day care centre. The team at Hones Lawyers were engaged following initial negative comments from the Council and significant resident backlash to the proposal.

Unfortunately for Wollondilly both its size, and its proximity, lends itself to unscrupulous contractors using the council area to dispose of waste. A recent example of this was the dumping of 25,000 tonnes of asbestos contaminated waste on land under the guise of building a rural fire trail.

Colemans Group came to Hones Lawyers when they had difficulty being paid for building and construction works they had undertaken for a state owned corporation. Their problems with that corporation were increased when the corporation refused to return a million dollar bank guarantee for works that had been completed over 2 years previously.