Clos Farming Estates v Easton & 1 Ors [2002] NSWCA 389

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Clos Farming Estates v Easton & 1 Ors [2002] NSWCA 389 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40505/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 20/06/2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 December 2002

Clos Farming Estates Pty Limited (Receivers & Managers appointed) ACN 003 435 256 (Appellant) PARTIES : Graham Rush Easton (First Respondent) Stephen Arthur Hibbert (Second Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Beazley JA at 2; Santow JA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT SC 4378/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Bryson J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : S Rares, SC/ M B J Lee (Appellant) S Finch, SC/ T G R Parker (First and Second Respondents) SOLICITORS : Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Appellant) Allens Arthur Robinson (First and Second Respondents) CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY - easements - accommodation of the dominant tenement - right capable of forming subject matter of a grant - novel easements - REAL PROPERTY - profit a prendre - profit a rendre - sui generis interest in land - novel interests in land - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - competency of appeal - whether appeal against an operative judicial act LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 s88B Ackroyd v Smith (1850) 10 CB 164; 138 ER 68 (CP) Attorney General of Southern Nigeria v John Holt & Co [1915] AC 599 Australian Softwood Forests v Attorney General (1981-82) 148 CLR 121 Bursill Enterprises Pt Limited v Berger Bros Trading as Pty Limited (1971) 124 CLR 73 City Developments Pty Limited v Registrar General (NT) [2001] NTCA 7 Clapman v Edwards [1938] 2 All ER 507 Clayton v Corby (1843) 5 QB 415 Commonwealth v Register of Titles for Victoria (1918) 24 CLR 348 Copeland v Greenhalf [1952] Ch 488 Corporate Affairs Commission v Australian Softwood Forest Pty Ltd [1978] 1 NSWLR 150 Dyce v Lady James Hay (1852) 1 Macq 305 In Re Ellenborough Park [1956] CH 131 Finlay 91 WN(NSW) 730 (DC) CASES CITED: Frater v Finlay (1968) 91 WN(NSW) 730 Glenwood Lumber Company v Phillips [1904] AC 405 Harada v Registrar of Titles [1981] VR 743 Hill v Tupper (1863) 2 H&C 121 Hornsby Council v Roads and Traffic Authority (1997) 41 NSWLR 151 Lord Chesterfield v Harris [1908] 2 CH 397 Lowe (Inspector of Taxes) v J W Ashmore Ltd (1971) 1 Ch 545 Mills v Stokman (1966-67) 116 CLR 61 Moody v Steggles (1879) 12 Ch D 261 National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth [1965] AC 1175 Permanent Trustee Australia Ltd v Shand (1992) 27 NSWLR 426 Royal Botanical Gardens & Domain Trust v South Sydney Council (2002) 76 ALJR 436 Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996) 187 CLR 1 Wright v Macadam [1949] 2 KB 744 (CA) DECISION : (1) Appeal and Cross-Appeal dismissed; (2) Appellant to pay Respondent's costs of appeal.