JAMES EDWARD BROMLEY & ORS v FORESTRY COMMISSION OF NSW [2003] NSWCA 252

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : JAMES EDWARD BROMLEY & ORS v FORESTRY COMMISSION OF NSW [2003] NSWCA 252 HEARING DATE(S) : 1 August 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 September 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Meagher JA at 46; Sheller JA at 47 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS : Damages - interpretation of special condition in Crown lease - whether compensable damage sustained - "loss" - whether diminution in value - whether costs recoverable for restoration of land (ND) PARTIES : James Edward BROMLEY & Ors v FORESTRY COMMISSION OF NSW FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41088/02, CA 40164/03 COUNSEL : Appellants: A S Martin SC Respondent: G C Lindsay SC SOLICITORS : Appellants: Deacons Crown Solicitor's Office

LOWER COURT Supreme Court - Equity Division JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT SC 1847/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Macready AJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 41088/02 CA 40164/03

MASON P MEAGHER JA SHELLER JA

Thursday 11 September 2003

BROMLEY & ORS v FORESTRY COMMISSION OF NSW

FACTS Orders made by this Court in Bromley& Ors v Forestry Commission of New South Wales (2001) 51 NSWLR 378 declared that on the proper construction of special condition (n) of a Crown lease, the respondent was to pay the appellants one third of any royalty received on timber removed from the forest areas of the lease, to compensate for damage done to the appellants' interests in the leaseholding by licensed timber operations.