Redglove Projects v Ngunnawal Local Aboriginal Council [2004] NSWSC 880

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Redglove Projects v Ngunnawal Local Aboriginal Council [2004] NSWSC 880 HEARING DATE(S) : 10/09/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 September 2004

JUDGMENT OF : White J DECISION : 1. Appeal from Master's decision dismissed; 2. Plaintiff to pay the first defendant's costs of and incidental to the appeal.

CATCHWORDS : Application to extend operation of caveat - Whether negative covenant not to encumber or dispose of land constituted or created an estate or interest in the land - Troncone v Aliperti considered. Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) Crown Lands Act 1931 (NT) Burns Philp Trustee Co Limited v Viney [1981] 2 NSWLR 216 Composite Buyers Limited v Soong (1995) 38 NSWLR 286 Troncone v Aliperti (1994) 6 BPR 13,291 Murphy v Wright (1992) NSW ConvR 55-652; 5 BPR 11,734 Townsend v Coyne (1995) 6 BPR 13,935 Chiodo v Murphy & Doherty [1996] ANZ ConvR 160 Go-Tell Nominees Pty Ltd v Nichols (07/02/97, Supreme Court of Victoria, Cummins J, unreported, BC9700713 at 6) Neoform Developments & Interiors Pty Ltd v Town & Country Marketing Pty Ltd (2002) 49 ATR 625 Brandling v Weir [2003] NSWSC 723 Jones v Baker (2002) 10 BPR 19,115 Thu Ha Nguyen v Larry Quoc Huy On & Ors (2004) NSW ConvR 56-065 Doherty v Allman (1878) 3 App Cas 709 Crafstman Colour Newcastle Pty Ltd v Scotman (McLelland CJ in Eq, 06/09/93, unreported, p 2) Mackay v Wilson (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 315 Sahade v BP Australia Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 512 Tittman v Traill (1957) 74 WN (NSW) 284 CASES CITED : H H Halls Limited v Lepouris (1964) 65 SR (NSW) 181 Cowell v Rosehill Racecourse Co. Ltd (1937) 56 CLR 605 Winter Garden Theatre (London) Ltd v Millennium Productions Ltd [1948] AC 173 at 202 Hounslow London Borough Council v Twickenham Garden Developments Ltd [1971] Ch 233 Graham H Roberts v Maurbeth Investments Pty Ltd [1974] 1 NSWLR 93 Meagher Gummow Lehane, Equity Doctrines & Remedies 4 ed Gartside v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1968] AC 553 Spellson v George (1987) 11 NSWLR 300 Hartigan Nominees Pty Ltd v Rydge (1992) 29 NSWLR 405 The Queen v Toohey; Ex P Meneling Station Pty Ltd (1982) 158 CLR 327 Legione v Hateley (1983) 152 CLR 406 KLDE Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Qld) (1984) 155 CLR 288 Kern Corporation Ltd v Walter Reid Trading Pty Ltd (1987) 163 CLR 164 Stern v McArthur (1988) 165 CLR 489 Chan v Cresdon Pty Ltd (1989) 168 CLR 164 Chief Commissioner of Stamp Duties v ISPT Pty Ltd (1998) 45 NSWLR 639 Tanwar Enterprises Pty Ltd v Cauchi (2003) 77 ALJR 1853 Redglove Projects Pty Limited PARTIES : v Ngunnawal Local Aboriginal Land Council FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1984/04 COUNSEL : Plaintiff: Mr L Aitken Defendant: Mr D A Smallbone, Mr D Rayment Plaintiff: Morgan Lewis Alter Lawyers SOLICITORS : 1st Defendant: M J Woods & Co 2nd Defendant: Chalk & Fitzgerald Solicitors