[2020] NZEnvC 212 Dunedin City Council v Ross [pdf, 15 MB]
...expressions of opinion unreliable in view of the concession Ms Dempster was forced to make and the comparative experience of Mr Ross operating such machinery in such terrain . (42] While the Rule endeavours to offer a fair balance between vegetation protection and property rights, it is unfortunately unworkable in circumstances such as these as illustrated by the lengths Ms Dempster went to, to endeavour to prove a breach . [43] I find that Ms Dempster was on somewhat safer ground r...