Laris v Lin (No. 2) [2016] NSWSC 560

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Laris v Lin (No. 2) [2016] NSWSC 560 Hearing dates: 24 April, 1 & 5 June, 30 July, 18 & 19 August, 9 September, 12 October 2015 and 26 November 2015 (view held). Date of orders: 09 May 2016 Decision date: 09 May 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Slattery J Decision: Neither of the rights of carriageway is extinguished or varied. Declaration made that the cross-defendant is not entitled to park vehicles on the rights of carriageway except as an incident of the use of right of carriageway. Costs reserved. Balance of the relief sought in the proceedings reserved for the parties to make further submissions. Catchwords: EASEMENTS – application to extinguish or vary two rights of carriageway under Conveyancing Act 1919, s 89 – principal proceedings commenced by dominant tenement owner but discontinued due to his bankruptcy – servient tenement owner continues to apply for extinguishment of the two rights of carriageway on his cross claim – construction of the rights of carriageway – whether the rights of carriageway: should be deemed obsolete; or impede the reasonable user of the servient tenement, without securing practical benefit to the dominant tenement – whether the rights of carriageway have been abandoned – whether the extinguishment of the rights of carriageway will not substantially injure the person entitled to them – if rights of carriageway are not extinguished whether the dominant tenement owner is entitled to park vehicles on the right of carriageway. Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), ss 55, 60(2), 60(3) Conveyancing Act 1919, ss 88B, 89 Real Property Act 1900 Cases Cited: Armishaw v Denby Horton (NZ) Ltd [1984] 1 NZLR 44 Cavacourt Pty Ltd v Durian (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1998) 9 BPR 16,833 Bracewell v Appleby [1975] Ch 408 Bulstrode v Lambert [1953] 1 WLR 1064 Butler v Muddle (1995) 6 BPR 13,984 Castagna v Great Wall Resources Pty Ltd (2005) 12 BPR 23,363 Chiu v Healey (2003) 11 BPR 21,241 Durian (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Cavacourt Pty Ltd (2000) 10 BPR 18, 099 Frasers Lorne Pty Ltd v Joyce Goldsworthy Burke & Ors [2008] NSWSC 743 Grill v Hockey (1991) 5 BPR 11,421 Harris v Flower & Sons (1904) 74 LJ Ch 127 Heaton v Loblay (1959) 60 SR (NSW) 332 Hemmes Hermitage Pty Ltd v Abdurahman (1991) 22 NSWLR 343 In re Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Company Ltd's Application [1956] 1 QB 261 Laris v Lin [2015] NSWSC 473 Markos v O R Autor Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 810 Middleton v Arthur [2002] NSWSC 627 Nickerson v Barroughclough [1980] Ch 325 O'Donnell v Furci [2006] NSWSC 753 Owners of East Fremantle Shopping Centre West Strata Plan 8618 v Action Supermarkets Pty Ltd (2008) 37 WAR 498 Paterson and Barr Ltd v University of Otago [1925] NZLR 191 Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd v Westfield Management Ltd [2006] NSWCA 337 Pieper v Edwards (1982) 1 NSWLR 336 Proprietors of Strata Plan No 9,968 v Proprietors of Strata Plan No 11,173 [1979] 2 NSWLR 605 Queanbeyan Leagues Club Ltd v Poldune Pty Ltd (1996) 7 BPR 15,078 Re Ellenborough Park [1956] Ch 131 Re Ghey & Galton's Application [1957] 2 QB 650 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 Treweeke v 36 Wolseley Road Pty Ltd (1973) 128 CLR 274 Trewin v Felton [2007] NSWSC 1370 Tujilo v Watts (2005) 12 BPR 23, 257 Webster v Bradac (1993) 5 BPR 12,032 Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Company Limited (2007) 233 CLR 528 Williams v State Transit Authority of NSW [2004] NSWCA 179 Williams v Usherwood (1983) 45 P & CR 235 Texts Cited: AJ Bradbrook and MA Neave, Easements and Restrictive Covenants In Australia (2nd ed 2000, Butterworths) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff/cross-defendant: George Laris Defendant/cross-claimant: Chun Hung Lin Representation: Solicitors: Plaintiff/cross-defendant: n/a Defendant/cross-claimant: Robert Adrian Stoyef File Number(s): 2013/304889 Publication restriction: No