Armidale Dumaresq Council v M & P (North Coast) Pty Ltd & Anor [2005] NSWSC 628

Reported Decision : 64 NSWLR 1

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Armidale Dumaresq Council v M & P (North Coast) Pty Ltd & Anor [2005] NSWSC 628

HEARING DATE(S) : 27/06/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 28 June 2005

JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J

DECISION : Order that caveat be removed forthwith under the Real Property Act 1900, s 74MA. Optionees cross claim dismissed. Submissions to be made whether an inquiry as to compensation by an Assoicate Judge under s 74P should be ordered.

CATCHWORDS : CONVEYANCING - Land Titles under the Torrens System - Caveats against Dealings - Call option to purchase land - Whether optionee can lodge caveat against land said to be servient tenement to land the subject of option - Land subdivided and one parcel transferred to local council for use as public car park - Whether right of way over car park for access to retained portion arises by implication from common intention - Claim that agreement for sale of car park by local council void - Community land reclassified by local council under the Local Government Act 1993, s 27 - Whether s 32 an exclusive code for reclassification of land dedicated to a local council under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 - Whether optionee has standing

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Real Property Act 1900 Local Government Act 1993 LEGISLATION CITED : Funeral Funds Act 1979 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 Land and Environment Court Act 1979

Wheeldon v Burrows (1879) 12 Ch D 31 Pwllbach Colliery Co Ltd v Woodman [1915] AC 634 Auerbach v Beck (1985) 6 NSWLR 424 Brown v Heffer (1967) 116 CLR 344 Legione v Hateley (1982-1983) 152 CLR 406 Chief Commissioner of Stamp Duties v ISPT Pty Ltd (1998) 45 NSWLR 639 Tanwar Enterprises Pty Ltd v Cauchi (2003) 77 ALJR 1853 KLDE Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Qld) (1984) 155 CLR 288 Stern v McArthur (1988) 165 CLR 489 Chan v Cresdon Pty Ltd (1989) 168 CLR 242 CASES CITED : Laybutt v Amoco Australia Pty Ltd (1974) 132 CLR 57 Re Henderson's Caveat [1998] 1 Qd R 632 Forder v Cemcorp Pty Ltd (2001) 51 NSWLR 486 Buildev v Developments Pty Ltd v PicSales Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1245 Re Paul (1902) 19 WN (NSW) 114 Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund Pty Ltd v Batemans Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council (1997) 41 NSWLR 494 Batemans Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council v The Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund Pty Ltd (1997-1998) 194 CLR 247 R v Wallis; Ex parte Employers Association of Wool Selling Brokers (1949) 78 CLR 529 Fairfield City Council v N & S Olivieri Pty Ltd [2003] NSWCA 41 Fitch v Shoalhaven City Council (1977) 67 LGRA 165