Gordon and Anor v Lever [2018] NSWSC 1888

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gordon and Anor v Lever [2018] NSWSC 1888 Hearing dates: 19, 20, 27, 29 November 2018 Decision date: 14 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Sackar J Decision: See para [183] Catchwords: LAND LAW – easements – creation of easements – imposition of easements by Court – whether easement reasonably necessary – remitted proceedings to determine easement – where remitted proceedings involve determination of precise terms of easement and whether reasonably necessary Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Property Law Act 1974 (Qld) Property Legislation Amendment (Easements) Act 1995 (NSW) Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) Cases Cited: 117 York Street Pty Ltd v Proprietors of Strata Plan 16123 (1998) 43 NSWLR 504 Albrighton v Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1980) 2 NSWLR 542 Borowski v Quayle [1966] VR 382 BrisConnections Finance Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) v Arup Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 1268 Buckby v Coles (1814) 5 Taunt 311 Clark v Cogge (1606) Cro Jac 170 Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar (2011) 243 CLR 588; [2011] HCA 21 Domina Regina v Inhabitants of Cluworth (1704) 6 Mod 163 Duncan v Cliftonville Estates Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 968 Dutton v Tayler (1701) 2 Lut 1487 English Exporters (London) Ltd v Eldonwall Ltd [1973] 2 WLR 435 Ewart v Cochranes (1861) 23 D (HL) 3 Fitch v Rawling (1795) 126 ER 614 Govindan-Lee v Sawkins [2016] NSWSC 328 Grattan v Simpson (1998) 9 BPR 16,649 Harrington-Smith v Western Australia (No 2) (2003) 130 FCR 424; [2003] FCA 893 HG v R (1999) 197 CLR 414; [1999] HCA 2 Holmes v Goring (1824) 2 Bing 76 Horseshoe Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Rixon [2018] NSWCA 121 ING Bank (Australia) Ltd v O'Shea [2010] NSWCA 71 Jango v Northern Territory of Australia (No 2) [2004] FCA 1004 Jones v Pritchard [1908] 1 Ch 630 Moorebank Recyclers Pty Ltd v Tanlane Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 445 Morris v Edgington (1810) 3 Taunt 24 Nicholas v Chamberlain (1606) Cro Jac 121 North Sydney Printing Pty Ltd v Sabemo Investment Corporation Pty Ltd (1971) 2 NSWLR 150 O'Shea v Athanasakis [2009] NSWSC 1150 Packer v Welsted (1657) 2 Sid 39 R v Abadom [1983] 1 WLR 126 Rainbowforce Pty Ltd v Skyton Holdings Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 2 Re Seaforth Land Sales Pty Ltd's Land (No 2) [1977] Qd R 317 Reignolds v Edwards (1741) Willes 282 Shi v Abi-K Pty Ltd (2014) 87 NSWLR 568; [2014] NSWCA 293 Sovmots Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1979] AC 144 Stanford v Roberts [1901] Ch 440 Stanley Robert Gordon v Allen John Lever [2017] NSWSC 1282 Tregoyd Gardens Pty Ltd v Jervis (1997) 8 BPR 15,845 Wheeldon v Burrows (1879) 12 Ch D 31 Texts Cited: C J Gale (with G Cave), A Treatise on the Law of Easements (7th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 1899) Law Commission for England and Wales, Working Paper No 36: Transfer of Rights: Appurtenant Rights (5 July 1971) Queensland Law Reform Commission, Bill to Consolidate, Amend, And Reform the Law Relating to Conveyancing, Property, and Contract and to Terminate the Application for Certain Imperial Statutes (February 1973) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Stanley Robert Gordon (first plaintiff) Christine Margaret Gordon (second plaintiff) Allen John Lever (first defendant) Debra Ann Lever (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms L Byrne (plaintiffs) G Sirtes SC, C Simpson (defendants)