LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Practice Note Class 2 Tree Applications

The purpose of this practice note is to set out the process leading up to a final hearing of a tree application to ensure the just, quick and cheap resolution of tree applications.

Commencement
1. This practice note commences on 1 September 2008.

Application of Practice Note
2. This practice note applies to all applications under the Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 (the Trees Act) in Class 2 of the Court’s jurisdiction.
3. Applications subject to this practice note are referred to as “tree applications”. This practice note is to be known as Practice Note – Class 2 Tree Applications.

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Note: Additional explanatory material about applications under the Trees Act; links to cases which may provide guidance about the Court’s processes under the Trees Act; and a range of additional material about the Trees Act can be found in the Tree Dispute Practice Collection on the Court’s web site
(www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lec via the “Quick Link” to Tree Disputes).