Plumpton Park Developments Pty Ltd v SAS Trustee Corporation [2018] NSWSC 461

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Plumpton Park Developments Pty Ltd v SAS Trustee Corporation [2018] NSWSC 461 Hearing dates: 6 April 2018 Date of orders: 18 April 2018 Decision date: 18 April 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Sackville AJA Decision: 1. Dismiss the Plaintiff's summons. 2. The Plaintiff pay the Defendant's costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: LAND LAW — Easements — Construction of easements — Whether benefit of easement extends to land consolidated into a single lot with original dominant tenement LAND LAW — Easements — Registration of easements — Section 88B instruments Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), ss 88, 88B, 195C, Part 23 Div 3, Sch 8 Part 1 Property Law Act 1974 (Qld), s 181 Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Breskvar v Wall (1971) 126 CLR 376; [1971] HCA 70 Gallagher v Rainbow (1994) 179 CLR 624; [1994] HCA 24 Gapes v Fish [1927] VR 88 Gas & Fuel Corporation of Victoria v Barba [1976] VLR 755 Henning v Burnet (1852) 8 Exch 187 Johnstone v Holdway [1963] 1 QB 601 Owners Corp – Strata Plan No 8450 v Owners Corp – Strata Plan No 54547 [2002] NSWSC 780 Re Eddowes [1991] 2 Qd 381 Re Maiorana and the Conveyancing Act [1970] 1 NSWR 627 The Shannon Ltd v Venner Ltd [1965] Ch 682 Thorpe v Brumfitt (1873) LR 8 Ch App 650 Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd (2007) 233 CLR 528; [2007] HCA 45 Texts Cited: AJ Bradbrook and SV MacCallum, Bradbrook and Neave's Easements and Restrictive Covenants, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 3rd ed 2011 B Edgeworth, Butt's Land Law, Lawbook Co, 7th ed 2017 J Gaunt and P Morgan, Gale on Easements, Thomson Reuters, 20th ed 2017 P Butt, Land Law, Lawbook Co Ltd, 4th ed 2001 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plumpton Park Developments Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) SAS Trustee Corporation (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Newton (Plaintiff) Mr S Free / Mr M Forgacs (Defendant)