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A woman in Western Australia has tried to stop her neighbours from using their barbecues by suing them in court.
Perth woman Cilla Carden claimed that their activities – among them barbecuing and smoking -as well as their noisy children, breached residential laws.
She sought legal orders to prevent the alleged nuisances from continuing.
A tribunal, and the state’s highest court, rejected her claims as unreasonable and lacking in evidence. Read more