Braye v Tarnawskyj [2019] NSWSC 277

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Braye v Tarnawskyj [2019] NSWSC 277 Hearing dates: 5 March 2019 Date of orders: 19 March 2019 Decision date: 19 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Darke J Decision: Possessory title established to part of claimed parcel of land Catchwords: LAND LAW – possessory title – claim made over area of land between two residential lots – qualified title – claimed land subject to right of way benefitting plaintiff's adjoining property – where the plaintiff and his tenants used parts of the claimed land for parking, storage and a garden – where the plaintiff undertook paving works on parts of claimed land – whether acts exceed those authorised by right of way – whether acts sufficient acts of possession showing an intention to exclude all others – where acts not done on a pathway area – possessory title established over part of the claimed land Legislation Cited: Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), ss 28A, 28J, 28P Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 27, 65 Cases Cited: Butler v Muddle (1995) 6 BPR 97,532 Coffill v Lagudi Holdings Pty Ltd (2016) 18 BPR 36,483; [2016] NSWSC 1764 Hare v van Brugge (2013) 84 NSWLR 41; [2013] NSWCA 74 Higgs v Nassauvian Ltd [1975] AC 464 JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham [2003] 1 AC 419; [2002] UKHL 30 Kleiner v Randall [2005] NFSC 3 Laris v Lin (No 2) (2016) 18 BPR 35,917; [2016] NSWSC 560 Lord Advocate v Lord Blantyre (1879) 4 App Cas 770 Mulcahy v Curramore Pty Ltd [1974] 2 NSWLR 464 Owners of Strata Plan 48754 v Anderson (1999) 9 BPR 17,119; [1999] NSWSC 580 Powell v McFarlane (1979) 38 P&CR 452 Pwllbach Colliery Co Ltd v Woodman [1915] AC 634 Roberts v Swangrove Estates Ltd [2007] EWHC 513 (Ch) Seddon v Smith (1877) 36 LT 168 Thorpe v Frank [2019] EWCA Civ 150 Zenere v Leate (1980) 1 BPR 97,029 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Keith Stanley Braye (Plaintiff) Gloria Millicent Tarnawskyj (as Administrator of the Estate of the late Mary King) (First Defendant) Simon John Ward (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr M L D Einfeld QC with Mr J Horowitz (Plaintiff) Mr R D Marshall SC (Second Defendant)