NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Westfield Management Limited v. Perpetual Trustee Company Limited & Anor. [2006] NSWCA 245
HEARING DATE(S): 26 June 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 8 September 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; Tobias JA at 62; Basten JA at 75
DECISION: 1. Appeal allowed, orders below set aside. 2. Perpetual to pay Westfield's costs of the appeal. 3. No order as to the Council's costs of the appeal. 4. Declaration that condition 56 is valid and enforceable. 5. Cross-claim dismissed. 6. Matter remitted to the Land & Environment Court for decision as to the costs of the first instance hearing.
CATCHWORDS: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW - TOWN PLANNING - EASEMENTS - Development Consent - Condition requiring extension of existing easement - Interpretation of condition - Whether condition uncertain - Whether condition unreasonable
LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987 s.32
Allen Commercial Constructions Pty Ltd v The Council of the Municipality of North Sydney (1970) 123 CLR 490 Cann's Pty. Limited v. The Commonwealth (1946) 71 CLR 210 Chu Kheng Lim v. Minister for Immigration, Local Government & Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1 Driscoll v. J. Scott Pty. Limited (1976) 50 ALJR 528 Gallagher v. Rainbow (1994) 179 CLR 624 Genkem Pty. Limited v. Environment Protection Authority (1994) 35 NSWLR 33 Gill v. Donald Humberstone & Co. Limited [1963] 1 WLR 929 Hecar Investments & Co. Pty. Ltd. v. Lake Macquarie Municipal Council (1984) 53 LGRA 322 Hillpalm Pty. Limited v. Heaven's Door Pty. Limited [2004] HCA 59, (2004) 220 CLR 472, 137 LGERA 57 Hinton Demolition Pty. Limited v. Lower (No.2) [1971] 1 SASR 512 CASES CITED: House of Peace Pty. Limited v. Bankstown City Council [2000] NSWCA 44, 48 NSWLR 498 King Gee Clothing Co Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (1945) 71 CLR 184 Lloyd v. Robinson (1962) 107 CLR 142 Meehan v. Jones (1982) 149 CLR 571 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR The Queen v Toohey; Ex parte Northern Land Council (1981) 151 CLR 170 Thompson v Randwick Corporation (1950) 81 CLR 87 Upper Hunter County District Council v. Australian Chilling & Freezing Co. Limited (1968) 118 CLR 429 Warehouse Group (Australia) Pty. Limited v. Woolworths Limited [2003] NSWCA 270, 137 LGERA 115 Western Australia Planning Commission v. Temwood Holdings Pty. Limited [2004] HCA 63, 221 CLR 30 Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd [2005] NSWLEC 510 Woolworths Limited v. Pallas Newco Pty. Limited [2004] NSWCA 422, 61 NSWLR 707, 136 LGERA 288
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