NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Levi & Anor v Spicer [2003] NSWSC 183 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 March, 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 March 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J DECISION : Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY - RESTRICTIVE COVENANT - MODIFICATION - Appeal from Master's decision dismissing application to modify restrictive covenant - breaches of covenant on other lots in subdivision relied on - Master decides that proposed structure would diminish remaining attractiveness of streetscape in subdivision - importance of streetscape as distinct consideration - whether diminution of attractiveness in streetscape would be substantial injury to persons having benefit of covenant. - HELD: No error of fact or principle shown in Master's judgment. LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) - s.89(1)(c) - Do Carmo v Ford Excavations Pty Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 409 CASES CITED : - House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 - Webster v Bradac (1993) 5 BPR 12,032 Michael John Levi - First named Plaintiff/Appellant PARTIES : Veronica Anne Levi - Second named Plaintiff/Appellant Dorothy Margaret Spicer - Defendant/Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3132/02 COUNSEL : M.A. Bradford - Plaintiffs/Appellants M.J. Gorrick - Defendant/Respondent SOLICITORS : Marina Voncina - Plaintiffs/Appellants Marsdens Law Group - Defendant/Respondent
LOWER COURT Supreme Court (Master) JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 2417/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master Macready JUDICIAL OFFICER :
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate