Australia, April 12 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 12:
1. This is a troubling example of a case where the costs of documenting a settlement of proceedings have got entirely out of hand.
2. The plaintiffs are a married couple.
3. In 2015, the plaintiffs purchased a property in Wagga Wagga from the fourth and fifth defendants, also a married couple.
4. The plaintiffs allege that the fourth defendant performed residential building work within the meaning of the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) on the property and in so doing performed, supervised, coordinated, project managed and controlled an extension and renovation to the property pursuant to an owner-builder permit.
5. The pla...