Campbell v McGrath [2005] NSWSC 496

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Campbell v McGrath [2005] NSWSC 496

HEARING DATE(S) : 19/04/05, 20/04/05, 21/04/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 27 May 2005

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

DECISION : Short minutes to be brought in

CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY - easements - sale and transfer of adjoining lots (Lot 6 and Lot 12) by common vendor to separate purchasers - contracts and completion simultaneous - whether purchaser of Lot 12 agreed to grant purchaser of Lot 6 right of way over existing driveway on Lot 12 servicing Lot 6 - whether easement created by estoppel - whether easement over Lot 12 in favour of Lot 6 arose by implication of law under rule in Wheeldon v Burrows as applied in cases of simultaneous sale and conveyance

Conveyancing Act 1919, ss.7, 23C, 54A LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969, s.23 Real Property Act 1900, s.42

Aldridge v Wright [1929] 2 KB 117 Allen v Taylor (1880) 16 ChD 355 Australian Hi-Fi Publications v Gehl [1979] 2 NSWLR 618 Bahr v Nicolay (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 604 Borman v Griffith [1930] 1 Ch 493 Bowers v Kennedy 2000 SC 555 Breskvar v Wall (1974) 126 CLR 376 Costagliola v English (1969) 210 Estates Gazette 1425 Eisman v Tamer (formerly known as Uygurer) (SCNSW, Cowdroy AJ, 16 December 1996, unreported); Finlayson v Campbell (1997) NSW ConvR 55-825 Fraser v Walker [1967] 1 AC 569 CASES CITED : Hansford v Jago [1921] 1 Ch 322 Howitt v Fitzgerald (1898) 24 VLR 387 Kebewar Pty Ltd v Harkin (1987) 9 NSWLR 738 Nelson v Walker (1910) 10 CLR 560 PT Ltd & Anor v Maradona Pty Ltd (No 2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 241 Steven and Evans v Allan and Armanasco (1955) 58 WALR 1 Tarrrant v Zandstra (1973) 1 BPR 9381 Walton Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 Ward v Kirkland [1967] 1 Ch 194 Wheeldon v Burrows (1879) 12 Ch D 31 Wilcox v Richardson (1997) 43 NSWLR 4 Williams v State Transit Authority (2004) 60 NSWLR 286