Pasade Holdings Pty Ltd v Council of City of Sydney [2006] NSWSC 299

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Pasade Holdings Pty Ltd v Council of City of Sydney [2006] NSWSC 299

HEARING DATE(S) : 12 April 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 12 April 2006

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 04/12/2006

DECISION : Easements granted

CATCHWORDS : EASEMENTS – creation – by court order under Conveyancing Act 1919 – Section 88K – dead end laneways in middle of city block – no known owner – council and other frontages do not oppose – one easement required for satisfaction of condition of development consent for applicant's building – no competing interest or activity – order made without provision for compensation

LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919

CASES CITED : Pasade Holdings v Sydney City Council [2003] NSWSC 515 Pasade Holdings v Sydney City Council [2003] NSWSC 584

Pasade Holdings Pty Limited - Plaintiff/First Cross Defendant Council of City of Sydney - First Defendant/Second Cross Defendant Graham William Byrne - Second Defendant/Third Cross Defendant Peter Sydney Emery - Third Defendant/Fourth Cross Defendant PARTIES : Brian Bradley - Fourth Defendant/Fifth Cross Defendant The Owners of Strata Plan 61233 - Fifth Defendant/Sixth Cross Defendant The Owners of Strata Plan 73850 - Seventh Cross Defendant John Anthony Arcidiacono - Sixth Defendant/First Cross Claimant/Applicant Anna Maria Arcidiacono - Seventh Defendant/Second Cross Claimant/Applicant

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2610/03

COUNSEL : C Carroll - First and Second Cross Claimants