Rakus v Energy Australia [2004] NSWLEC 657

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Rakus v Energy Australia [2004] NSWLEC 657 APPLICANT: Karol Rakus PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Energy Australia FILE NUMBER(S) : 30813 of 2004 CORAM: Lloyd J Question of Law :- permissive occupancy - "an interest in land" - not a legal or equitable interest - a right power or privilege over or in connection with the land KEY ISSUES: Costs:- interlocutory hearing - principles Crown Lands Act 1989 Sch 8 cl 33 Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act 1989 s 4, s 11 and Sch 2 Pt 6 LEGISLATION CITED: Crown Lands (Consolidation Act 1913 s 136K Elecricity Supply Act 1995 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 s 4, s 37 and s 39 Coote v Howlett (1987) 3 WN(NSW) 135; Edenmead v Commonwealth (1984) 4 FCR 348, 59 ALR 359; Hornsby v RTA (1997) 41 NSWLR 151; House of Peace Pty Ltd v Bankstown City Council (2000) 48 NSWLR 498; Marshall v Director General, Department of Transport (2001) 205 CLR 603; Minister for Education and Training v Tanner (2001) 128 LGERA 281; CASES CITED: Minister for Land and Water Conservation v NTL Australia Pty Ltd (2002) 122 LGERA 53; Minister for Natural Resources v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (1987) 9 NSWLR 154; Mooliang Pty Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council (2001) 114 LGERA 45; Provincial Insurance Australia Pty Ltd v Consolidated Wood Products Pty Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 541; Radaich v Smith (1959) 101 CLR 209; Rajski v Computer Manufacture and Design Pty Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 443; Southern Estates Pty Ltd v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (1991) 24 NSWLR 320 DATES OF HEARING: 22/11/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/29/2004