Young v Richmond Valley Council [2021] NSWCA 255

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Young v Richmond Valley Council [2021] NSWCA 255 Hearing dates: 13 October 2021 Date of orders: 26 October 2021 Decision date: 26 October 2021 Before: Gleeson JA at [1] Simpson AJA at [2] Decision: Leave to appeal refused Catchwords: APPEALS — Leave to appeal — where applicant seeks leave to appeal from summary dismissal — where applicant had brought proceedings for recovery of land against party other than the registered proprietor — where no viable claim Legislation Cited: Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), s 27(1) Local Government Act 1919 (NSW), ss 232, 224(3) Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), s 45D(3)(a) Roads Act 1993 (NSW), ss 152D, 152T Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) s 101(2)(r) Cases Cited: Be Financial Pty Ltd as Trustee for Be Financial Operations Trust v Das [2012] NSWCA 164 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125; [1964] HCA 69 Mulcahy v Curramore Pty Ltd [1974] 2 NSWLR 464 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 The Age Company Ltd v Liv [2013] NSWCA 26 Young v Richmond Valley Council [2020] NSWSC 514 Young v Richmond Valley Council (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 525 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Gary Young (Applicant) Richmond Valley Council (First Respondent) State of New South Wales (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Applicant self-represented S Fitzpatrick (First Respondent) E White (Second Respondent)