The gentrified suburb of Balmain boasts water views and "elites" in "elite homes", a Sydney judge has said, but it is also home to a bitter neighbourhood feud that has cost one woman more than $300,000 in damages and a judicial dressing-down.
He said the conduct of both parties was "a salutary lesson in how not to conduct relations with neighbours", "regardless of where it is the fault lies". While Justice Rothman noted Mr Cosco had pleaded guilty to this offence, he found the chief antagonist in the neighbourhood dispute was not Mr Cosco but Ms Hutley."Rather, it was [Ms Hutley] ... and her family that bullied the plaintiff and the workers on site.
The court heard a labourer employed by Mr Cosco scrawled the word "moot" on the footpath and other objects allegedly visible to his neighbours, an insult Ms Hutley's barrister said meant "old c--".But Justice Rothman said Mr Cosco was not personally responsible and there was no evidence he knew what the word meant.
MWhitbourn Could do with few less lawyers
MWhitbourn Toxic femininity
MWhitbourn “We’re going to roast you, we’re lawyers” 😂
MWhitbourn So glad she isn’t representing me in any legal matters 😳
bencubby MWhitbourn 'we're a bit tan' 🤣
MWhitbourn Haha ho
MWhitbourn You should take on every “lawyer” you come across in life They believe they are the law. they continually have to read up on cases from the big books that sit in their offices......we can all do that!
MWhitbourn I thought you were reporting on the virus devotees our rulers guards and media frenzy,
MWhitbourn And I thought the nuisance case had it all.
MWhitbourn The sad thing is that this is not uncommon. Have a chat with a council..... any council and you’ll find dozens of similar stories. What a waste of time and money. It’s also sad that this made news.
MWhitbourn They are not mentioned as being Australian Natives like me. Are they from the British or European or Asian or Middle Eastern or Islander community of Australians since first foreign contact by the foreign British white demon Captain Cook?