Campbell v Hamilton & Ors [2018] NSWSC 806

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Campbell v Hamilton & Ors [2018] NSWSC 806 Hearing dates: 26 & 27 February 2018 Date of orders: 04 June 2018 Decision date: 04 June 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Slattery J Decision: Declaration made that plaintiff and defendants agreed that the plaintiff would grant an easement over the plaintiff's land in favour of the defendants. Plaintiff will be ordered to pay the defendants' costs of the proceedings, subject to any special costs orders. Catchwords: REAL PROPERTY – Easements – construction of agreement – plaintiff and defendants make agreement during a mediation – parties agree for consideration payable by the defendants to the plaintiff for the grant to the defendants of certain rights of access over the plaintiff's land – easement registered burdening the plaintiff's land – whether the mediation agreement grants an easement over plaintiff's land or whether it confers a mere personal right of access over the land to the defendants but not to the defendants' successors in title – whether the mediation agreement has been specifically performed and carried into effect through the recording of the easement on the Register – whether the recording of the easement on the Register over the plaintiff's land should now be cancelled. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 73 Conveyancing Act 1919, s 88K Real Property Act 1900, ss 31B, 42,118, 138 Cases Cited: Batey v Gifford (1997) 42 NSWLR 710 Campbell v Baigent [2010] NSWSC 1348 Cowen v Truefitt Limited [1899] 2 Ch 309 Daniels v Pynbland Pty Ltd (Nos 1 and 2) (1985) 4 BPR 97,319 Eastwood v Ashton [1915] AC 900 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640 Flight v Booth [1834] 131 ER 1160 Goodwin v Papadopoulos (Court of Appeal (NSW), Mahoney JA, 31 May 1985, unrep) Magee v Lavell (1874) LR 9 CP 107 Morrell v Fisher [1849] 154 ER 1350 Mortlock v Buller [1803] All ER Rep. 22 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104 Papadopoulos v Goodwin [1982] 1 NSWLR 413 Story v Advance Bank Australia Ltd (1993) 31 NSWLR 722 Torr v Harpur (1940) SR (NSW) 585 Texts Cited: JD Heydon, MJ Leeming and PG Turner, Meagher, Gummow & Lehane's Equity: Doctrines & Remedies (5th ed, 2014, LexisNexis Butterworths) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Robert Campbell First Defendant: Colin Stewart Hamilton Second Defendant: Penney Louise Hamilton Third Defendant: Registrar Representation: Counsel: