Loclot Pty Ltd v Pullen and Others [2003] NSWSC 67

Reported Decision : (2002-2003) 56 NSWLR 592 (2004) NSW ConvR 56-066

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Loclot Pty Ltd v Pullen and Others [2003] NSWSC 67 HEARING DATE(S) : 13/2/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 February 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J DECISION : Matter stood over for further consideration by parties.

CATCHWORDS : CONVEYANCING - Land titles under the Torrens System - Easements - No power to impose conditions on modification or extinguishment - Height restriction a matter for Local Authority - Partial change in alignment a modification - EQUITY - Whether injunction may issue to restrain, temporarily, dominant tenement use of a right of carriage way - Whether provision for compensation may be ordered - PROCEDURE - Whether indication of circumstances in which a right of carraige way might be modified is abstract or hypothetical Conveyancing Act 1919 Law of Property Act 1925 (UK) LEGISLATION CITED : Law of Property Act 1969 (UK) Property Law Act 1974 (Qld) Conveyancing and the Law of Property Act 1884 (Tas) Property Law Act 1952 (NZ) Re Roseblade, Re Foenander [1964-5] NSWR 2044 Re Lewis [1959] NZLR 1040 Manly Properties Pty Ltd v Castrisos [1973] 2 NSWLR 420 Ex parte Proprietors of "Averil Court" Building Units Plan [1983] 1 Qd R 66 CASES CITED : Durack v De Winton, (1988) 9 BPR 16, 403 Ex parte Purcell [1982] Qd R 613 Victims Compensation Fund Corporation v District Court of New South Wales [2002] NSWCA 355 Meagher Gummow and Lehane's "Equity Doctrines & Remedies", 4th ed, Butterworths Lexis Nexis, Australia, 2002, par 12-050 Spry, "The Principles of Equitable Remedies", 6th ed, LBC Information Services, Australia, 2001, p 340 Loclot Pty Limited - Plaintif PARTIES : William Hayden Pullen - 1st Defendant Henry James Charles Barlow - 2nd Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1061/02 Mr G M Colman for the Plaintiff COUNSEL : Mr S Berveling for the 1st Defendant Mr D Barlow (Solicitor) for the Second Defendant SOLICITORS : MBA Lawyers - Plaintiff Abbott Tout Solicitors - Defendant