PALMISANO v. HAWSE & 2 ORS [2003] NSWSC 566

Reported Decision : (2003) 127 LGERA 268

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : PALMISANO v. HAWSE & 2 ORS [2003] NSWSC 566 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 and 19 June 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 June 2003 JURISDICTION: EQUITY JUDGMENT OF : Bryson J at 1 DECISION : Public road exists. Order to be settled.

CATCHWORDS : HIGHWAYS - creation - public road - creation by dedication and public acceptance by user before 1864 was inferred from mass of evidence about usage and dealings in C19, consideration of necessity of user for land settlement, and terms of Surveyor's Plan of 1864. Real Property Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Roads Act 1833 Dedication by User Act 1881 Conveyancing Act 1919 s.178 Vickery v. Municipality of Strathfield (1911) 11 SR NSW 354 Owen v. O'Connor [1963] SR (NSW) 1051 City of Keilor v. O'Donohue (1971) 126 CLR 353 Permanent Trustee Co. New South Wales Ltd v. Municipality of Campbelltown (1960) 105 CLR 401 Rapley v. Martin (1865) 4 SCR (NSW) L 173 CASES CITED : Bass Coast Shire Council v. King [1997] 2 VR 5 Lake Macquarie City Council v. Luka (1999) 106 LGERA 94 Shire of Narracan v. Leviston (1906) 3 CLR 846 Sutherland Shire Council v. Registrar General (1991) 72 LGR 84 Tomark Pty Ltd & Ors v. Bellevue Crescent Pty Ltd & Ors (1999) NSW CA 347 Bellevue Crescent Pty Ltd v. Marland Holdings Pty Ltd (1998) 43 NSWLR 364 Ex Parte Stewart (1873) 12 SCR (NSW) L 201 at 203. Richard Palmisano - Plaintiff PARTIES : Simon Hawse and Clare Hawse - First and Second Defendants Cessnock City Council - Third Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5171/00 COUNSEL : S. Rares SC and J. Robson - Plaintiff R. Harper - First and Second Defendants Blake Dawson Waldron - Plaintiff SOLICITORS : Holman Webb - First and Second Defendants Cleaves Mallik Gibbs - Third Defendant