Back v Registrar-General of NSW [2023] NSWSC 1567

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Back v Registrar-General of NSW [2023] NSWSC 1567 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 14 December 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Peden J Decision: (1) Dismiss the statement of claim on a summary basis, with no order as to costs. (2) Dismiss the plaintiff's 18 October 2023 motion, with no order as to costs. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Summary disposal — Dismissal of proceedings — No reasonable cause of action disclosed — Where statutory compensation sought pursuant to Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) s 129(1) — Where no causal connection between operation of provision and loss claimed Legislation Cited: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW) Local Government (City of Parramatta and Cumberland) Proclamation 2016 (NSW) Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) ss 32(1), 39(1B), 81A(1), 81C(2), 129(1), 131(4), 134(3) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 13.4(1)(b) Cases Cited: Chandra v Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd [2008] NSWSC 178 General Steel Industries v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Meehan v Commissioner of Police (1999) 47 NSWLR 284 Odtojan v Condon [2023] NSWCA 129 Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd v Cipri [2009] NSWSC 335 Simmons v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2014] NSWCA 405 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nam Suk Back (Plaintiff) Registrar General of NSW (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: L A Walsh (Defendant)