Gordon v Lever (No 2) [2019] NSWCA 275

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Gordon v Lever (No 2) [2019] NSWCA 275 Hearing dates: 5 August 2019 Date of orders: 13 November 2019 Decision date: 13 November 2019 Before: Bell P at [1]; Payne JA at [103]; Emmett AJA at [104] Decision: 1. Appeal allowed in part.

2. Vary order 1 made on 18 December 2018 by replacing "Annexure B to those orders" with "Annexure 1 to the reasons of the Court of Appeal delivered on 13 November 2019". 3. Order that the respondents pay the appellants' costs of the appeal. Catchwords: REAL PROPERTY – Conveyancing Act 1919 s 88K – Easements – "Reasonably necessary" – where terms imposed on and limiting re use said to be uncertain in their practical operation – where terms in effect required use of alternative means of access in circumstances that were not readily capable of being assessed – where terms in substance required an alternative access route to be used in particular circumstances but where that alternative route would involve traversing property in breach of Crown Land Management Act 2016 Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) ss 88K, 89 Crown Land Management Act 2016 (NSW) s 13.3(6) Crown Lands Act 1884 (NSW) s 8, Sch New South Wales Government Gazette, No 56, 11 May 1923 Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) Pt 3 Cases Cited: 117 York Street Pty Limited v Proprietors of Strata Plan No 16123 (1998) 43 NSWLR 504; (1998) 98 LGERA 171 Gordon v Lever [2018] NSWCA 43 Govindan-Lee v Sawkins [2016] NSWSC 328 Grattan v Simpson (1998) 9 BPR 16,649 House v R (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 King v Carr-Gregg [2002] NSWSC 379 Moorebank Recyclers Pty Ltd v Tanlane Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 445; (2012) 16 BPR 31,257 Owners Strata Plan 13635 v Ryan [2006] NSWSC 221 Re Seaforth Land Sales Pty Ltd's Land (No 2) [1977] Qd R 317 Shi v Abi-K Pty Ltd (2014) 87 NSWLR 568; [2014] NSWCA 293 Woodland v Manly Municipal Council [2003] NSWSC 392; (2003) 127 LGERA 120; (2004) NSW ConvR 56-071 Texts Cited: Brendan Edgeworth, Butt's Land Law (7th ed, 2017, Thomson Reuters) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Stanley Robert Gordon (First Appellant) Christine Margaret Gordon (Second Appellant) Allen John Lever (First Respondent) Debra Ann Lever (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M R Hall SC, L Byrne (Appellants) G A Sirtes SC, C Simpson (Respondents)