NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 142 LGERA 77 (2005) Aust Torts Reports 81-812
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Quzag v Gunning Shire Council [2005] NSWSC 970
HEARING DATE(S) : 5-7 July, 8-9 August 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 30 September 2005
JURISDICTION : Common Law Division
JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J
DECISION : Verdict and judgment for the defendant. Costs reserved.
CATCHWORDS : Local Government - sale of land by council for unpaid rates - whether duty of care owed by council to landowner - whether statutory cause of action available - whether liability in negligence - statutory interpretation.
Corporations Act, s 420A Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act Factories, Shops and Industries Act, s 27 LEGISLATION CITED : Interpretation Act, s 9 Local Government Act, ss 114, 672, 673, 712, 713, 715, 716, reg 13 Noxious Weeds Act, ss 20, 26 Valuation of Land Act
Caledonian Collieries Limited v Speirs (1956-57) 97 CLR 202 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (1999-2000) 200 CLR 1 Gomez v State Bank of New South Wales (2001) FCA 1059 Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Limited v Ryan (2003) 194 ALR 337 Hawkesbury Valley Developments Pty Limited v Custom Credit Corporation Limited (1994) 8 BPR 15,581 CASES CITED : Logue v Shoalhaven Shire Council (1979) 1 NSWLR 537 Newcastle City Council v Shortland Management Services (2003) 57 NSWLR 173 Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Limited (1967) 116 CLR 397 Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1984-85) 157 CLR 424 Ultimate Property Group Pty Limited v Lord (2004) 60 NSWLR 646
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