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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Symes v SP 31731 [2001] NSWSC 527 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1987/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 26/04/01, 27/04/01, 01/05/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 June 2001
PARTIES : Douglas Symes - Appellant The Proprietors Strata Plan No 31731 - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
LOWER COURT Strata Titles Board JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 128/86/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Magistrate Orchiston JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr M.D. Young/Mr R.J. Kelly - Appellant Mr M.A. Bradford - Respondent SOLICITORS : David Le Page - Appellant Alex Ilkin & Co - Respondent CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY - Strata and related titles - Body corporate's duty to keep common property in good and serviceable repair - Whether wall entirely within lot is common property - Whether wall on boundary between lots is common property - Whether floor tiles entirely within lot are common property - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Appeal by way of stated case - Question of law arising on stated case - Whether particular items are common property is question of law - Whether there was evidence of fact found - When determination affected by erroneous decision of law need not be remitted Strata Titles (Freehold Development) Act 1973 Strata Schemes Management (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1996 Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902 Justices Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000 Local Government Act 1919 Ex parte Anderson (1920) 20 SR (NSW) 207 Wheeler v Cahill (1943) 61 WN (NSW) 1 Cook v Evans (1948) 65 WN (NSW) 289 Allen v Kerr (1995) Aust Torts Reports 81-354 Waterloo Holdings Pty Ltd v Timso (NSWCA, 18 August 1997, unreported) Glover v Macdougall [1976] 2 NSWLR 359 Proprietors of Strata Plan No 6522 v Furney [1976] 1 NSWLR 412 CASES CITED : Simons v Body Corporate Strata Plan No 5181 [1980] VR 103 North Wind v Proprietors Strata Plan 3143 [1981] 2 NSWLR 809 Burgchard v Holroyd Municipal Council [1984] 2 NSWLR 164 Houghton v Immer (No 155) Pty Ltd (1997) 44 NSWLR 46 Hunyor v Tilelli (McLelland CJ in Eq, 24 April 1997, unreported) Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 George Hudson Ltd v Australian Workers' Union (1923) 32 CLR 413 Mitchell v Nestle Australia Ltd (1988) 36 ACrimR 119 Ex parte Shara; re Cox (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 283 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
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