Australian woman sues neighbours over barbecue use

A woman in western Australia has tried to stop her neighbours from using their barbecues by suing them in court.

Cilla Carden claimed that their activities 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 has rejected her claims as unreasonable and lacking in evidence.

Her list of demands also included orders for a family living next door, to silence their pets, alleging that wafting smells of cigarettes and barbecues had caused undue offence to her in her home.