NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Northey v Bega Valley Shire Council [2010] NSWSC 527
HEARING DATE(S) : 16 December 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 25 May 2010
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Expedition List
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
DECISION : Proceedings dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS : ESTOPPEL - estoppel in pais - equitable estoppel - general principles – ESTOPPEL - estoppel in pais - matters against which estoppel does not prevail - statutory provisions – where by statute council can consent to erection of structures on a public road but consent is revocable at any time and for any reason – consent cannot be made irrevocable by estoppel – ESTOPPEL - estoppel in pais - application of doctrine to public authorities – roads authorities – ESTOPPEL - estoppel in pais - who are bound – authority of defendant's agent – within reasonable limits, those to whom a party entrusts the conduct of negotiations must be treated as having the authority, which, within the course of the negotiations, they purport to exercise
LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Dividing Fences Act 1991, s 3, s 11, s 14, s 25 (NSW) Roads Act 1993, s 138, s 139, s 107, s 140, s 141, s 145, s 146
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Attorney-General to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales v Collom [1916] 2 KB 193 Attorney-General v The Municipal Council of Sydney (1919) 20 SR (NSW) 46 Challis v Destination Marlborough Trust Board Inc [2003] 2 NZLR 107 Corporation of London v Riggs (1880) 12 Ch D 798 Crabb v Arun District Council [1976] Ch 179; [1975] 3 All ER 865 Gibson v McGeorge (1866) 5 SCR (NSW) 44 Legione v Hateley (1983) 152 CLR 406; 46 ALR 1 Lukey v Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioner (1902) 2 SR (NSW) 152 CASES CITED : Moorgate Mercantile Co Ltd v Twitchings [1975] 3 All ER 314 Newbury District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment [1981] AC 578 Nickerson v Barraclough [1981] Ch 426 Northey v Bega Valley Shire Council [2008] NSWLEC 319 NSW Trotting Club Limited v Glebe Municipal Council (1937) 37 SR (NSW) 288 NSW v Scharer [2003] NSWCA 328 Pinnington v Galland (1853) 9 Exch 1, 12-12; 156 ER 1, 6 R v East Sussex County Council [2003] 1 WLR 348 Waltons Stores (interstate) Limited v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387
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