Piety Developments Pty Ltd v Cumberland City Council [2023] NSWSC 480

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Piety Developments Pty Ltd v Cumberland City Council [2023] NSWSC 480 Hearing dates: 13 April 2023 Date of orders: 5 May 2023 Decision date: 05 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Parker J Decision: See [137] Catchwords: LOCAL GOVERNMENT – council lands – land acquired in 1965 by resumption under the Local Government Act 1919 for use as a carpark – whether "subject to a trust for a public purpose" Legislation Cited: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991, Pt 2, ss 5, 6, 8, 23(1), 36 Local Government Act 1919, ss 249(cc), 518, 526, 532, 536, 536A, 536B Local Government Act 1993, Pt 2 Ch 6, ss 25, 26, 45(1), 186, 187, 188, 189 Cases Cited: Attorney-General v Parramatta City Council (1949) 49 SR (NSW) 283 Bathurst City Council v PWC Properties Pty Ltd (1997) 41 NSWLR 522; 93 LGERA 391 Bathurst City Council v PWC Properties Pty Ltd (1998) 195 CLR 566 Broadcast Australia Pty Ltd v Noonan [2011] NSWSC 1524 Grain Technology Australia Ltd v Rosewood Research Pty Ltd (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 238 Minister for Public Works v Duggan (1951) 83 CLR 424 Mogo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Eurobodalla Shire Council (2001) 54 NSWLR 15 New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd v A E Grant (2008) 221 FLR 164 PWC Properties Pty Ltd v Bathurst City Council (1996) 91 LGERA 344 R&R Fazzolari v Parramatta City Council (2009) 237 CLR 603 Randwick Municipal Council v Rutledge (1959) 102 CLR 54 Rookwood General Cemeteries Reserve Land Manager v Attorney-General NSW [2022] NSWSC 1763 Save Little Manly Beach Foreshore Inc v Manly Council (No 2) [2013] NSWLEC 156 Taheri v Vitek [2014] NSWCA 209 Thompson v Randwick Corporation (1950) 81 CLR 87 Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation v Parramatta City Council [2005] NSWLEC 742 Western Australia v Ward (2002) 213 CLR 1 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Piety Developments Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Cumberland City Council (Defendant) Cumberland City Council (Cross-Claimant) Piety Developments Pty Limited (Cross-Defendant) Representation: Counsel: F Corsaro SC/A Rizk (Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant) P Tomasetti SC/D Robertson (Defendant/Cross-Claimant) Solicitors: Darby Jones Lawyers (Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant) Clyde & Co Lawyers (Defendant/Cross-Claimant) File Number(s): 2022/38975 Publication restriction: Nil