Tanlane Pty Ltd v Moorebank Recyclers Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 1286

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tanlane Pty Ltd v Moorebank Recyclers Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 1286 Hearing dates: 8, 9, 10 August 2011 Decision date: 04 November 2011 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Young JA Decision: Decision in favour of the plaintiff conditionally granting an easement. Stand over for short minutes of order to be brought in to record the orders formally. Catchwords: REAL PROPERTY- easements- Conveyancing Act 1919, s 88K- necessary pre-conditions for making an order; reasonable necessity, public interest, compensation and discretion, to be considered as a whole, not scored under separate heads- whether possible to grant a conditional easement to prevent sterilization of servient tenement- conditional easement granted.

ISSUE ESTOPPEL- whether the precise question of fact or law was determined in the earlier proceedings as a fundamental basis for the decision- question was whether consent for road bridge required a weight capacity which would accommodate the defendant's trucks- question was not a fundamental basis of the earlier proceedings therefore judge not estopped from considering the issue. Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919, s 88K Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979, Part 3A, s 5 Liverpool Local Environment Plan 1997 (Amendment No 75) cl 8 Liverpool Local Environment Plan 1997 (Amendment No 76) Cases Cited: 117 York Street Pty Ltd v PSP 16123 (1998) 43 NSWLR 504 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Blulock Pty Ltd v Majic [2001] NSWSC 1063; 10 BPR 19,143 Champerslife Pty Ltd v Manojilovski [2010] NSWCA 33; 75 NSWLR 245 Durack v de Winton (1998) 9 BPR 16,403 Hanny v Lewis (1998) 9 BPR 16,205 ING Bank (Aust) Ltd v O'Shea [2010] NSWCA 71; 14 BPR 27,317 Katakouzinos v Roufir [1999] NSWSC 1045; (2000) 9 BPR 17,303 Khattar v Wiese [2005] NSWSC 1014; 12 BPR 23,235 Krehl v Burrell (1878) 7 Ch D 551 Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd v Slack [1924] AC 851 Lonergan v Lewis [2011] NSWSC 1133 Mison v Randwick MC (1991) 23 NSWLR 734 Moorebank Recyclers Pty Ltd v Liverpool City Council [2009] NSWLEC 100 Owners Strata Plan 13635 v Ryan [2006] NSWSC 221; 12 BPR 23,485 Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Aust) Ltd v Morris (1973) 1 ALR 269 Rainbowforce Pty Ltd v Skyton Holdings Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 2; 171 LGERA 286 Sharman v Evans [1977] HCA 8; 138 CLR 563 Shercliff v Engadine Acceptance Corporation Pty Ltd [1978] 1 NSWLR 729 Spencer v Commonwealth [1907] HCA 82; 5 CLR 418 Tanlane Pty Ltd v Moorebank Recyclers Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 1341 Tregoyd Gardens Pty Ltd v Jervis (1997) 8 BPR 15,845 Wengarin Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council [1999] NSWSC 485; 9 BPR 16,985 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tanlane Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Moorebank Recyclers Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: T S Hale SC and Z Steggall (Plaintiff) G Inatey SC and D P Wilson (Defendant) Solicitors: Minter Ellison (Plaintiff) Mark McDonald & Associates Lawyers Pty Ltd (Defendant) File Number(s): SC 2008/277351