10-3-23 / Sean Russell — Land Law & Property
Sean Russell (with C Jennings KC) appeared for the appellants, instructed by Russells. The judgment is published here.
8-9-22 / Sean Russell — Land Law & Property
A dispute concerning whether an L-shaped area of land in Brisbane's CBD had been effectively dedicated as a public highway at common law. The land had been created by the registration of a plan of subdivision by the Trustees of the Brisbane Grammar School in 1876. By 1989, the laneway…
6-9-22 / Roger Traves KC, Damian Clothier KC, James Penrose — Land Law & Property, Resources & Energy
The applicants in these proceedings claim that one of the respondents introduced parthenium onto their property, which caused them loss for which they seek compensation. In this interlocutory hearing, the Land Court was required to determine whether a party to a Land Court proceeding requires leave to seek non-party disclosure.…
3-8-22 / Michael Trim — Land Law & Property
The applicant sought orders which would allow its builder to gain temporary access to a part of the respondent’s neighbouring land to erect scaffolding and undertake construction on the common boundary between both properties, relying on s180 of the Property Law Act 1974. Orders were ultimately made by agreement to…
26-5-22 / Rob Anderson KC, John Ware — Land Law & Property
An appeal to a determination for land compensation under s 20 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 (Qld). Rob Anderson QC and John Ware appeared for the Chief Executive, Department of Transport and Main Roads, instructed by Clayton Utz. The judgment is published here.
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