Hillebrand v Penrith Council [2000] NSWSC 1058

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hillebrand v Penrith Council [2000] NSWSC 1058 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3391/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 13, 14 November 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 November 2000

Bernard Hillebrand (P1) Lindy Gai Hillebrand (P2) PARTIES : The Council of the City of Penrith (D1) Richard Mork (D2) The Registrar General of New South Wales (D3) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : J Whittle SC with H Woods (P) D P Robinson (D1) SOLICITORS : Roberts Mann Davies (P) Gadens (D1) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - summary dismissal - scope of Pt 13 r 5 - whether there is 'no reasonable course of action' if there is a clearly applicable limitation period - TORT - negligence causing economic loss - Council alleged to have negligently conveyed away plaintiffs' land - whether cause of action accrues when conveyance occurs or when plaintiffs discover that it has occurred - whether limitation period has expired. Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) ss 14, 56 LEGISLATION CITED : Local Government Act 1919 (NSW) ss 602, 604 Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) s 42 Supreme Court Rules Pt 1 r 3, Pt 15 r 26, Pt 13 r 5 Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes Limited [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 Shoalhaven Shire Council v Logue (1979) 41 LGRA 116 Bryant v Maloney (1995) 182 CLR 609 Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330 Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424 CASES CITED : Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank (2000) 49 NSWLR 51 Scarcella v Lettice [2000] NSWCA 289 Registrar General v Cleaver (1996) 41 NSWLR 713 Christopoulos v Angelos (1996) 41 NSWLR 700 Sargent v ASL Development Limited (1974) 131 CLR 634 McKenny v The Council of the Shire of Balmoral [1906] QdWN Case 14 DECISION : Summary dismissal of part of proceedings relating to relief claimed for negligence causing economic loss