NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Natva Developments Pty Ltd v McDonald Bros Pty Ltd & Ors [2004] NSWSC 777 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 to 27 May 2004; later written submissions JUDGMENT DATE : 27 August 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J DECISION : Judgment for Defendants on Statement of Claim; judgment for Plaintiff on Amended Cross Claim.
CATCHWORDS : EASEMENTS - RIGHT OF WAY - SUBSTANTIAL INTERFERENCE - Plaintiff seeks access from right of way at a point chosen to maximise Plaintiff's profit on development - other access reasonably available - Plaintiff's proposed access has adverse consequences to servient tenement - whether Plaintiff's proposed access reasonable. Blacktown Local Environment Plan - Clause 26 Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) - Schedule 4A Part 1, s.88B LEGISLATION CITED : Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (NSW) - s.4, s.28, s.80, s.81 Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) - Part 39 - Azevedo v Secretary, Department of Primary Industries & Energy (1992) 35 FCR 284 - Butler v Muddle (1995) 6 BPR 13,984 - Clifford v Hoare (1874) LR 9 CP 362 - Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd v Minister for Urban Affairs & Planning & Anor (1996) 90 LGERA 341 CASES CITED : - Doe v Cogente Pty Ltd (1997) 94 LGERA 305 - Gallagher v Rainbow (1994) 179 CLR 624 - Hillpalm Pty Ltd v Heaven's Door Pty Ltd (2002) 55 NSWLR 446 - Pettey v Parsons [1914] 2 Ch 653 - Saggers v Brown (1991) 2 BPR 9329 Natva Developments Pty Ltd - Plaintiff/Cross Defendant McDonald Bros Pty Ltd - First Defendant/First Cross Claimant PARTIES : Norman Thomas Jennings and Nadia Gina Jennings - Second Defendants/Second Cross Claimants Winsave Pty Ltd - Third Defendant/Third Cross Claimant Owners Corporation Strata Plan 48268 - Fourth Cross Claimant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 6205/03 COUNSEL : D.P.F. Officer QC, J.M. Hennessy - Plaintiff/Cross Defendant N.A. Cotman SC, R. Glasson - Defendants/Cross Claimants SOLICITORS : Wilshire Webb - Plaintiff/Cross Defendants Terrett Lawyers - Defendants/Cross Claimants
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