Pasade Holdings Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council [2003] NSWSC 1220

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Pasade Holdings Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council [2003] NSWSC 1220 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 and 5 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 December 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J DECISION : Easements for maintenance of encroachments granted.

CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY [409] - Easements - Easements generally - Creation - By express agreement or under statute - Other matters - Grant by Court - Reasonably necessary for effective use or development of land - Discretion of Court. LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 s 88K 117 York Street Pty Ltd v Proprietors of Strata Plan No 16123 (1998) 43 NSWLR 504 Pasade Holdings v Sydney City Council [2003] NSW SC 515 CASES CITED : Pasade Holdings v Sydney City Council [2003] NSW SC 584 Re Worthston Pty Ltd [1987] 1 Qd R 400 Tregoyd Gardens Pty Ltd v Jervis (1997) 8 BPR 15,845 Woodland v Manly Municipal Council [2003] NSWSC 392 PARTIES : Pasade Holdings Pty Ltd (P) Council of the City of Sydney (D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5614/03 COUNSEL : G Curtin (P) No appearance (D) SOLICITORS : Henry Davis York (P) No appearance (D)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION

HAMILTON J

TUESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2003

5614/03 PASADE HOLDINGS PTY LTD v COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY JUDGMENT 1 HIS HONOUR: These are proceedings under s 88K of the Conveyancing Act 1919 ("the CA"). That section so far as material provides as follows: "(1) The Court may make an order imposing an easement over land if the easement is reasonably necessary for the effective use or development of other land that will have the benefit of the easement.