NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Owners SP 30339 v Torada Pty Ltd & Anor [2008] NSWSC 1154
HEARING DATE(S) : 1 & 2 September 2008; final submissions in writing on 05.09.08 & 10.09.08.
JUDGMENT DATE : 4 November 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : Plaintiff entitled to damages for trespass, to be assessed; injunction refused.
CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY – BOUNDARY WALL – TRESPASS – NUISANCE – Whether encroaching boundary wall owned by one or both adjoining owners – whether defendant committed trespass to plaintiff's property by demolishing wall – whether nuisance created – whether mandatory injunction for restoration of wall should be granted – quantum of damages.
LEGISLATION CITED : Dividing Fences Act 1991 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) – s 11
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
- Burton v Winters [1993] 3 All ER 847 - Denney, Ex parte (1925) 42 WN(NSW) 12 CASES CITED : - Lagan Navigation Co v Lambeg Bleaching, Dyeing & Finishing Co Ltd [1927] AC 226 - Matts v Hawkins (1813) 5 Taunt 20 (128 ER 593) - Wake v Hall (1882) 8 App Cas 195 - Walsh v Elson [1955] VLR 276
Owners Strata Plan No 30339 (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Torada Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Owners Strata Plan No 80811 (Second Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3147/08
COUNSEL : A.M. Gruzman (Plaintiff) J.B. Simpkins SC (Defendants)
SOLICITORS : G.J. Gooden (Plaintiff) McKees Legal Solutions (Defendants)
3147/08 Owners SP 30339 v Torada Pty Ltd & Anor
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