Street & 7 Ors v Luna Park Sydney Pty Limited & 3 Ors [2007] NSWSC 588

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Street & 7 Ors v Luna Park Sydney Pty Limited & 3 Ors [2007] NSWSC 588

HEARING DATE(S) : 7 June 2007 JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 7 June 2007

DECISION : Evidence objected to rejected

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE – on claim for damages for misleading and deceptive conduct – where plaintiff claims to have purchased property in reliance on misrepresentation as to use of adjoining amusement park and in particular location and operation of thrill rides – whether evidence of noise experience when park opened after purchase completed admissible – measure of damages for misleading conduct – rule in Potts v Miller – EVIDENCE – on claim for injunction to restrain use of amusement park in contravention of Crown Lands Act s 114 and Plan of Management – where by statute no remedy is available in respect of emissions of noise from park and such emission is not a nuisance – whether evidence of noise relevant to discretion to grant injunction

(CTH) Trade Practices Act 1974 ss 52, 80, 82, 87 LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Crown Lands Act 1989 s 114 (NSW) Luna Park Site Act 1990 ss 8, 19A (NSW) Luna Park Site Amendment (Noise Control) Act 2005

HTW Valuers (Central Qld) Pty Ltd v Astonland Pty Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 640 Smith New Court Securities Limited v Scrimgeour Vickers (Asset Management) Ltd [1997] AC 254 CASES CITED : Potts v Miller (1940) 64 CLR 282 Kizbeau Pty Ltd v WG & B Pty Ltd (1995) 184 CLR 281 Street & Ors v Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd & Ors [2006] NSWSC 230 Bonett v Barron and Dowling Property Group Pty Ltd (2006) 203 FLR 179