Forbes Shire Council v Pace [2002] NSWSC 966

Reported Decision : (2002) 124 LGERA 37

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Forbes Shire Council v Pace [2002] NSWSC 966 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10431/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 & 25 September 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 November 2002

PARTIES : Forbes Shire Council (Plaintiff) Francis Anthony Joseph Pace (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 134/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT I Barnett Esq JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : J Trebeck (Plaintiff) AL Hill (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Garden & Montgomerie (Plaintiff) Palmers Solicitors (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : WATER & WATERCOURSES - discharge of effluent from sewerage treatment works into swamp - inundation of adjoining land - immunity of Council - extent of - WORDS & PHRASES - "good faith". Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970, s 69 LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902, Part 5 Local Government Act 1993, s 733 Local Government Act 1919, s 582A Attrill v Richmond River Shire Council (1995) 38 NSWLR 545 Kempsey Shire Council v Lawrence [1996] A Torts R 63141, 81-375 Lawrence v Kempsey Shire Council (1995) 87 LGERA 49 Bennett v Water Administration Ministerial Corporation (unreported - 6 June 1991) CASES CITED : Bonnici v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council [2001] NSWSC 1124 Mid-Density Development Pty Ltd v Rockdale Municipal Council (1993) 81 LGERA 104 Roberts v Hopwood [1925] AC 578 Central Estates (Belgravia) Ltd v Woolgar [1972] 1 QB 48 Mogridge v Clapp [1892] 3 Ch 382 Lamont v Wyong Shire Council (unreported - Palmer AJ - 13 December 1991) DECISION : Appeal dismissed. Judgment of Local Court affirmed.