Coffill v Lagudi Holdings Pty Limited [2016] NSWSC 1764

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Coffill v Lagudi Holdings Pty Limited [2016] NSWSC 1764 Hearing dates: 29 and 30 November 2016 Date of orders: 09 December 2016 Decision date: 09 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Darke J Decision: Parties to bring in Short Minutes of Orders to give effect to these reasons. Catchwords: REAL PROPERTY – easements – particular easements and rights – passageway subject of 1919 and 2008 easements – whether 1919 easement confers right of pedestrian access in addition to vehicular access – whether temporal restriction on use of 2008 easement limited to vehicular access

REAL PROPERTY – easements – extinguishment of easements – similar rights conferred under two easements over passageway – whether earlier easement obsolete by reason of change in character of neighbourhood – whether earlier easement obsolete due to inability to serve or fulfil original purpose or object – whether plaintiffs would suffer substantial injury through extinguishment of earlier easement Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) ss 89(1)(a), 89(1)(c) Cases Cited: Cavacourt Pty Limited v Durian (Holdings) Pty Limited [1998] NSWSC 787; (1998) 9 BPR 16,833 Durian (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Cavacourt Pty Limited [2000] NSWCA 28 Heaton v Loblay (1960) SR (NSW) 332 Laris v Lin (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 560 Perpetual Trustee Co Limited v Westfield Management Limited [2006] NSWCA 337 Re Mason and the Conveyancing Act [1962] NSWR 762 Morgensen v Portuland Developments Pty Limited (1983) NSW Conv R 55-116 Tujilo v Watts [2005] NSWSC 209 Westfield Management Limited v Perpetual Trustee Co Limited (2007) 233 CLR 528; [2007] HCA 45 Texts Cited: P Butt, Land Law (6th ed 2010, Thomson Reuters) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Geoffrey Coffill (First Plaintiff) Terrance Kennedy (Second Plaintiff) Rodney Holtham (Third Plaintiff/Third Cross-Defendant) Lagudi Holdings Pty Limited (Defendant/Cross-Claimant) Graham William Byrne (First Cross-Defendant) Clive Thomas Roberts (Second Cross-Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms M Avenell (Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants) Ms F J Berglund (Defendant/Cross-Claimant)