NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Burke v Frasers Lorne Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 988
HEARING DATE(S) : 11 August 2008 JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 12 August 2008
DECISION : Defendant ordered to return right of carriageway to pre-existing asphalt surface.
CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY – EASEMENTS – right of carriageway servicing residential dwellings – where carriageway over servient land has been asphalt for many years – where servient owner replaces asphalt with reinforced turf – where reinforced turf though inferior to asphalt could provide reasonable access to dominant land – where existing asphalt surface was a reasonable user of the carriageway – rights of dominant and servient owners in respect of rights of carriageway – whether servient owner can unilaterally change surface of right of carriageway – where it was recommended that the reinforced turf not be used for a growing season and could be slippery when wet before that time – whether that amounted to a "psychological obstruction". - INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTIONS – mandatory interlocutory injunctions – application for injunction to return turfed carriageway to asphalt surface – strongly arguable case – Courts should attempt to settle questions of law on interlocutory applications when possible – balance of convenience.
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Business World Computers Pty Ltd v Australian Telecommunications Commission (1988) 82 ALR 499 Butler v Muddle (1995) 6 BPR 13,984; [1996] ANZ ConvR 147; (1995) NSW ConvR 55-745 Chiu v Healey [2003] NSWSC 857 D'Arcy v Burelli Investments Pty Ltd (1987) 8 NSWLR 317 Frasers Lorne Pty Ltd v Burke [2008] NSWSC 743 Gerrard v Cooke (1806) 2 Bos & Pul (NR) 109; (1806) 127 ER 565 Keefe v Amor [1965] 1 QB 334 Kirkjian v Towers (NSWSC, Waddell CJ in Eq, 6 July 1987, unreported) Lawrence v Griffiths (1987) 47 SASR 455 CASES CITED : Mills v Silver [1991] Ch 271 Newcomen v Coulson (1877) LR 5 Ch D 133 Pettey v Parsons [1914] 2 Ch 653 Powell v Langdon (1944) 45 SR (NSW) 136 Prospect County Council v Cross (1990) 21 NSWLR 601 Senhouse v Christian (1787) 1 Term Rep 560; (1787) 99 ER 1251 Sertari Pty Ltd v Nirimba Developments Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 324 Spear v Rowlett [1924] NZLR 801 Trewin v Felton [2007] NSWSC 851 Zenere v Leate (1980) 1 BPR 9300
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