Wentworth Park Sporting Complext Trust v Leichhardt Council [2003] NSWCA 162

Reported Decision : (2003) 125 LGERA 440

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Wentworth Park Sporting Complext Trust v Leichhardt Council [2003] NSWCA 162 HEARING DATE(S) : 10 June 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 June 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Ipp JA at 2; Tobias JA at 3 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS : Reserve trust - Whether land rateable - Whether land Crown Land - ND Local Government Act 1993 Crown Lands Act 1989 Blackwattle Bay Land Reclamation Act 1873 Blackwattle Bay Land Reclamation Act Amendment Act 1878 Public Parks Act 1854 LEGISLATION CITED : Public Parks Act 1884 Public Parks Act 1902 Public Parks Act 1912 Crown Lands and Other Acts (Reserves) Amendment Act 1974 Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 Crown Lands Act 1989 Electricity Act Superannuation Fund Investment Trust v Commissioner of Stamps (SA) (1979) 145 CLR 330 Australian Securities & Investments Commission & Ors; ex parte Edensor Nominees Pty Limited (2001) 204 CLR 599 CASES CITED : Townsville Hospital Board v Townsville City Council (1982) 149 CLR 282 Prospect County Council v Blue Mountains City Council (1992) 28 NSWLR 301 North Sydney Municipal Council v Housing Commission of New South Wales Mounsey v Findley (1993) 32 NSWLR 1 PARTIES : Wentworth Park Sporting Complex Trust Leichhardt Council FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40855/02 COUNSEL : A: D F Jackson QC with S A Kerr and H W M Stitt R: T Robertson SC SOLICITORS : A: Manion McCosker R: Pike Pike & Fenwick