McMurtrie v Commonwealth of Australia & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1147

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : McMurtrie v Commonwealth of Australia & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1147 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20448/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 November 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 November 2002

Mark McMurtrie (Respondent/Plaintiff)) PARTIES : The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commissioner (Appellant/2nd Defendant) Dumaresq Shire Council (Appellant/3rd Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J

LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 20448/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master Harrison JUDICIAL OFFICER :

A.S. Howen (Respondent/Plaintiff) COUNSEL : D. Robinson (Appellant/2nd Defendant) D. McGovern SC (Appellant/3rd Defendant) Ward Maxwell & Co (Respondent/Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Australian Government Solicitor (Appellant/2nd Defendant) Phillips Fox (Appellant/3rd Defendant) LEGISLATION CITED : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act Conveyancing Act Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1948-49) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc. v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Air Services Australia v Zarb (unreported, NSWCA, 26 August 1998) CASES CITED : Hoyts Pty Limited v Spencer (1919) 27 CLR 133 Maybury v Atlantic Union Oil Co. (1953-54) 89 CLR 507 Chapman v Chapman (1983) 2 NSWLR 420 Esanda Limited v Burgess (1984) 2 NSWLR 139 Gates v City Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited (1985-86) 160 CLR 1 Walton v Gardiner (1992-93) 177 CLR 378 DECISION : See paras 61-62.