NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Burnett & Anor v Randwick City Council [2006] NSWCA 196
HEARING DATE(S): 5 July 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 20 July 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Giles JA at 1; Hodgson JA at 2; Tobias JA at 9
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS: PERSONAL PROPERTY – ownership and possession – right to immediate possession – property owned by a corporation – rights of directors, managers and sole shareholders in respect of corporate property – bailment – possessory title – de facto possession – TORTS – TROVER AND DETINUE – possession or right to possession – what constitutes conversion
LEGISLATION CITED: Corporations Act 2001 Impounding Act 1993
Gollan v Nugent (1988) 166 CLR 18 James v Oxley (1939) 61 CLR 433 Moore v Robinson (1831) 2 B & Ald 817; 109 ER 1346 CASES CITED: Pitts v Gaince (1700) 1 Salk 10 Richard v Nowlan (1959) 19 DLR (2d) 229 Russell v Wilson (1923) 33 CLR 538 The Jupiter (No 3) [1927] P 122 Vincent v State Bank of New South Wales (Unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 30 July 1993)
John Robert Burnett PARTIES: Carmel Burnett Randwick City Council
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40525/05
COUNSEL: A: G Inatey SC / M Luitingh R: C T Barry QC / R Wilson
SOLICITORS: A: Lincoln Smith & Co, Chatswood R: Bowen & Gerathy, Sydney
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Supreme Court - Common Law Division
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): SC 20947/97
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Cooper AJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 31 May 2005
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