Lismore City Council v Green Gro P/L [2003] NSWCA 19

Reported Decision : (2002) 56 NSWLR 204

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Lismore City Council v Green Gro P/L [2003] NSWCA 19 HEARING DATE(S) : 06/02/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 February 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Ipp JA at 18; Cripps AJA at 19 DECISION : 1. Appeal allowed; 2. Set aside orders and verdict below; 3. In lieu thereof order that the respondent's statement of claim be dismissed with costs; 4. Order the respondent to pay the appellant's costs of the appeal.

CATCHWORDS : Landlord and tenant - improvements - right to compensation - Agricultural Tenancies Act - value of improvements. LEGISLATION CITED : Agricultural Tenancies Act 1900 CASES CITED : Earl of Galloway v M'Clelland (1915) SC 1062 Lismore City Council PARTIES : v Green Gro Pty Limited FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41061 of 2001 COUNSEL : A: B Preston SC & Miss Williams R: V R W Gray SOLICITORS : A: Phillips Fox R: Hertzberg Heydon

LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT DC 19 of 2000 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Blanch CJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 41061 of 2001

MEAGHER JA IPP JA CRIPPS AJA

Tuesday, 24 February 2003 LISMORE CITY COUNCIL v GREEN GRO PTY LIMITED

FACTS In November 1994, Lismore City Council entered into a joint venture agreement with Lismore Turf Pty Limited concerning certain land owned by the Council, and on which the parties proposed to establish a turf farm.