Polegato & Anor v. Griffith City Council [1988] NSWLEC 162

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Polegato & Anor v. Griffith City Council [1988] NSWLEC 162 APPLICANTS Giuseppe Polegato and Margaret Rose Polegato PARTIES : RESPONDENT Griffith City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 30363 of 1981 CORAM: Stein J KEY ISSUES: :- LEGISLATION CITED: Local Government Act, (incorporating section 124 of the Public Works Act) Public Works Act Supreme Court of New Zealand in Russell v. The Minister of Lands; Stebbing v. Metropolitan Board of Works; Russell v. The Minister of Lands ; Moreton Club v. The Commonwealth ((1948); Spencer v. The Commonwealth ((l907); Wilson and the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (1921) ; Pastoral Finance Association v. The Minister ((1914); Commonwealth v. Reeve ((1948) ; Kennedy Street Pty. Ltd. v. The Minister ((l963); CASES CITED: Chapman v. The Minister ((1966) ; Arkaba Holdings Ltd. v. Commissioner of Highways (1969); Commissioner of Highways v. Tynan ((1982); Turner v. Minister of Public Instruction (1956); Haddad v. The Minister (Unreported 27 July 1987); Dangerfield v. Town of St. Peters (1972) ; Bronzel v. State Planning Authority (1979); Latimer v. North Coast National Agricultural Industrial Society (1938); Baringa v. Manly Municipal Council (1965) ; Castle Hill Brick Tile & Pottery Works v. Baulkham Hills Shire Council (1961) DATES OF HEARING: DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/10/1988