Pennant Hills Golf Club Limited v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [1999] NSWCA 110

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : Pennant Hills Golf Club Limited v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [1999] NSWCA 110 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40632/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 30 March 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 April 1999

PARTIES : Pennant Hills Golf Club Limited v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; Giles JA at 33

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LEC 30051/97 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Lloyd J

COUNSEL : J. Campbell QC/B. Preston (Appellant) M.Tobias QC (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Coleman & Greig (Appellant) Crown Solicitor (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Land cumpulsorily acquired from the appellant by the respondent to enable rock anchors to be secured into the stratum of land the subject of an easement - whether land compulsorily acquired consists only of an easement, or right to use land, under the surface for construction and maintenance within the meaning of s 62(1) of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms) Compensation Act 1991 (NSW) - construction of s 62(1) - nature of interest in land acquired by the respondent - whether right to have soil remain undisturbed is separate from any right to construct and maintain rock anchors - whether grant wholly deprived the appellant of its property rights in the land - profit `a prendre - whether rights in grant amount to a covenant ACTS CITED : Land Acquisition (Just Terms) Compensation Act 1991 (NSW) s 62(1) Commonwealth Constitution s 51 (xxxi) Bevan v The London Portland Cement Company Ltd (1892) 67 LT 615 Bursill Enterprises Pty Ltd v Berger Bros Trading Co Pty Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 73 Copeland v Greenhalf [1952] Ch 488 CASES CITED: Grigsby v Melville (1972) 1 WLR 1355 In Re Ellenborough Park [1956] 1 Ch 131 Manson v RTA (NSW Court of Appeal, unreported 6 May 1996) Reilly v Booth (1890) 44 Ch 12 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs