NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Rosedale Farm (NSW) Pty Limited [2010] NSWSC 1321
HEARING DATE(S) : 20/08/09, 28/08/09, 5/11/09, 7/12/09, 8/02/10
JUDGMENT DATE : 22 November 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Slattery J at 1
DECISION : See paragraph 93 of judgment.
CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY - Torrens title - easement - application to extinguish - Conveyancing Act 1919, s89 - right of way created over private land in 1929 to give coastal community an access to an old public road - new public road completed in 1975 providing direct access between neighbourhood and the highway system - new formed public roadway covers a section of the right of way - no user of right of way since before 1975 - current user impossible - no appearance to oppose application - circumstances warranting extinguishment under Conveyancing Act, s89(1)(a),(b) and (c) discussed and found established - suitable case for exercise of discretion to extinguish - HELD - easement extinguished.
LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919, s 89 Real Property Act 1900
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Armishaw v Denby Horton (NZ) Ltd [1984] 1 NZLR 44 Ashoil Holdings Pty Limited v Fassoulas & Ors (2005) 12 BPR 23,525 Castagna v Great Wall Resources Pty Ltd (2005) 12 BPR 23,363 Cavacourt Pty Ltd v Durian (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1998) 9 BPR 16,833 Chiu v Healey (2003) 11 BPR 21,241; (2003) NSWSC 857 Durian (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Cavacourt Pty Ltd [2000] 10 BPR 18,099 Frasers Lorne Pty Ltd v Joyce Goldsworthy Burke & Ors (2008) 14 BPR 26,131 Re Ghey & Galton's Application [1957] 2 QB 650 Grill v Hockey (1991) 5 BPR 11,421 Heaton v Loblay (1960) SR (NSW) 332 In re Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Company Ltd's Application [1956] 1 QB 261 CASES CITED : Markos v OR Autor Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 810 Pieper v Edwards (1982) NSW ConvR 56-060 Proprietors Strata Plan No 9,968 v Proprietors Strata Plan No 11,173 [1979] 2 NSWLR 605 Re Markin [1966] VR 494 Re Mason and the Conveyancing Act (1960) 78 WN (NSW) 925 Re Roseblade; Re Foenander [1964 –5] NSWR 2044 Swan v Sinclair [1925] AC 227 Tomara Holdings Pty Ltd v Pongrass [2002] NSWSC 332 Treweeke v 36 Wolseley Road Pty Ltd (1973) 128 CLR 274 Tujilo v Watts (2005) 12 BPR 23, 257 Webster v Bradac (1993) 5 BPR 12,032 Williams v Usherwood (1981) 45 P & Cr 235
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