Hillebrand & Anor. v. The Council of the City of Penrith & Ors. [2001] NSWSC 200

(2001) 113 LGERA 279 (2001) 10 BPR 18,657 [2001] ANZ ConvR 367 Reported Decision : (2001) NSW ConvR 55-972 (2001) NSW Conv R 55-972 (2001) 51 NSWLR 424 [2001] NSWSC 200 [2001] ACL Rep 265 NSW 19

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hillebrand & Anor. v. The Council of the City of Penrith & Ors. [2001] NSWSC 200 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3391/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 20/3/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 March 2001

Bernard Hillebrand - 1st plaintiff Lindy Gai Hillebrand - 2nd plaintiff PARTIES : The Council of the City of Penrith - 1st defendant Richard Mork - 2nd defendant The Registrar-General of NSW - 3rd defendant JUDGMENT OF : Hodgson CJinEq at 1

Mr. J. Whittle SC with Mr. H. Woods for plaintiffs COUNSEL : Mr. J. Campbell QC with Mr. D. Robinson for 1st defendant Mr. J. Loofs for 2nd defendant Submitting appearance for 3rd defendant Roberts Mann Davies, Windsor, for plaintiffs SOLICITORS : Gadens, Sydney, for 1st defendant Mark Solomon & Associates, Castle Hill, for 2nd defendant K.C. Hall, Solicitor for Registrar-General, for 3rd defendant CATCHWORDS : LOCAL GOVERNMENT - PROPERTY - Council purports to sell land in respect of which rates not overdue for more than five years - Whether conveyance validated. LEGISLATION CITED : Local Government Act 1919, ss.602, 604. Cousins v. Gosford Shire Council (1970) 92 WN(Pt1) 263 at 271 CASES CITED : Morgan v. 15 Bannerman Street Pty. Ltd. (1971) 1 NSWLR 601 at 608 Logue v. Shoalhaven Shire Council (1979) 1 NSWLR 537 Blacktown Municipal Council v. Custom Credit Corporation (1968) 71 SR(NSW) 365 DECISION : See end of judgment