Pasade Holdings v Sydney City Council [2003] NSWSC 515

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Pasade Holdings v Sydney City Council [2003] NSWSC 515 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 June 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 June 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Bryson J at 1 DECISION : Easement granted. See paragraph 12.

CATCHWORDS : EASEMENTS - creation - by Court order under Conveyancing Act 1919 - s88K - owner of adjoining land sought easement for light and air over passageway 2.44m wide in middle of City block - no known owner and no registered document or other act of ownership since 1840 - City Council and other frontagers did not oppose - easement required for satisfaction of condition of Development Consent for plaintiff's building - no competing interest or activity - order made without provision for compensation. LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919, s88K CASES CITED : Sydney City Council v Griffin Corporation [2003] NSWSC 26 Pasade Holdings Pty Ltd (Plaintiff)

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Council of the City of Sydney (First Defendant)

Graham William Byrne (Second Defendant)

Peter Sidney Emery PARTIES : (Third Defendant)

Brian Bradley (Fourth Defendant)

The Owners of Strata Plan 61233 (Fifth Defendant)

John Anthony Arcidiacono (Sixth Defendant)

Anna Maria Arcidiacono (Seventh Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2610/03 P: Mr A Leopold 1D: Mr A M Pickles COUNSEL : 2,3,4Ds: Mr G J Bevan 5D: N/A 6,7Ds: Mr M Ashhurst P: Henry Davis York 1D: Abbott Tout SOLICITORS : 2,3,4Ds: John Carmody & Co 5Ds: Peter Prior & Co 6,7Ds: Dobes & Andrews