Davies v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council [2003] NSWSC 840

Reported Decision : 58 NSWLR 535

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Davies v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council [2003] NSWSC 840 HEARING DATE(S) : 04/03/03, 05/03/03, (and submissions to 07/03/03) JUDGMENT DATE : 10 September 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Austin J DECISION : Declaratory and injunctive orders made.

CATCHWORDS : ROADS & TRAFFIC - meaning of "regulates traffic" in Roads Act s 114 - whether roads authority may use powers under Part 6 of Roads Act to carry out traffic control work which regulates traffic for the purposes of Part 8 - whether reversal from turning bay into private garage would contravene Australian Road Rules - - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - whether decision of roads authority disregarding effects under Australian Road Rules failed to take into account relevant considerations and was invalid - whether decision of roads authority making contravention of Australian Roads Rules likely was unreasonable in the Wednesbury sense Australian Road Rules, rules 109, 112-115, 118 Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 (NSW), s 71, 72 LEGISLATION CITED : Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999 (NSW), regs 5 and 6 Roads Act 1993 (NSW), ss 3, 6, 7, 71, 87, 114-122 Transport Administration Act 1988 (NSW), s 50 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Limited v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 23 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1, Bromley London Borough Council v Greater London Council [1983] 1 AC 768 Foley v Padley (1984) 154 CLR 349 Lane Cove Council v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (2001) 50 NSWLR 714 CASES CITED : Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Limited (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 Secretary of State for Education and Science v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council [1977] AC 1014 Swan Hill Corporation v Bradbury (1937) 56 CLR 746 Weal v Bathurst City Council (2000) 111 LGERA 181 Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2001) 51 NSWLR 589 PARTIES : Kathryn Davies (Plaintiff) Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1655/02 B Preston SC with M Allars (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : B McClintock SC with S Flannigan (Defendant)