Georgeski v Owners Corporation SP49833: 22 Nov 2004

Austlii (Supreme Court of New South Wales) REAL PROPERTY – Crown lands – licence granted by Crown over site of jetty and slipway on bank of tidal river – nature of rights created – whether jetty and slipway are fixtures – effect of provisions of licence declaring them to be ‘property of’ licensee but precluding alteration, removal and destruction while licence subsists – common law rights of public in relation to tidal foreshore – attenuation thereof by statute – TORTS – trespass to land – whether contractual licensee without right of exclusive possession may maintain action in trespass – Manchester Airport plc v Dutton considered – EQUITY – declaratory relief – whether court should at suit of A declare B’s rights against C – lack of utility – postulated rights inconsistent with statutory provision

Judges:

Barrett J

Citations:

(2004) 62 NSWLR 534, [2004] NSWSC 1096

Links:

Austlii

Jurisdiction:

Australia

Cited by:

CitedHall and Others v Mayor of London (on Behalf of The Greater London Authority) CA 16-Jul-2010
The appellants sought leave to appeal against an order for possession of Parliament Square on which the claimants had been conducting a demonstration (‘the Democracy Village’).
Held: Leave was refused save for two appellants whose cases were . .
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Land

Updated: 23 November 2022; Ref: scu.420963