Quick v Alpine Nurseries Sales Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1248

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Quick v Alpine Nurseries Sales Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1248

HEARING DATE(S) : 19-22 July 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 29 October 2010

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Ward J

DECISION : Plaintiffs' claim dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PRCEDURE - adequacy of pleadings - HELD - claim in negligence has not been properly pleaded and cannot now be maintained - claim in nuisance is limited to pleaded allegations - TORTS - nuisance - whether substantial and unreasonable interference by the defendants with the rights of or in connection with the plaintiffs' use of their land as a result of development and use of defendants' land as commercial nursery - HELD - no unreasonable interference with use or enjoyment of land by defendants as pleaded

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW)

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

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