Easements: The Most Important Easement Case You’ve Never Heard Of
Have you heard of this easement case? Know how to successfully obtain orders for easement? Join a captivating presentation by Sydney Jacobs as he delves into a significant but often overlooked easement case. Despite its age, this case is a need-to-know due to its a crucial reference in subsequent legal proceedings. Don't miss out on this opportunity to gain valuable insights into an obscure yet influential legal matter. WEB237N02AZ
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
1.00pm to 2.00pm Easements: The Most Important Easement Case You’ve Never Heard Of
Orders for easements e.g. stormwater, access, scaffold, crane swing and rock anchors can be obtained in NSW in the Supreme Court, Real Property List via Sec 88k of the Conveyancing Act, also in the Land and Environment Court.
There is similar legislation in Tasmania, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Join Sydney Jacobs, Barrister for a presentation on the special planning considerations that apply when seeking an easement against Councils e.g. is the land community or operational?
In the process, consideration will be given to one of the most important cases in this area that you may never have heard of (a case concerning development of a battle axe block where an access easement was required over Council land) . This case is referenced by side draft in many subsequent cases.
Sydney will consider the latest case law on seeking easements against Councils in the Land and Environment Court.
Presenters
Sydney Jacobs is a barrister at 13 Wentworth Chambers. He read for his LL.M at Cambridge and has a commercial equity practice encompassing property, partnership, corporate law and building & construction disputes. Sydney has gained expertise in easements involving both Torrens and Old System land, leasing matters, contracts for the sale of land including off-the-plan, notices to perform and to complete, rescission/ termination /specific performance /relief against forfeiture/ claiming the return of deposits, options/rights of first refusal, and strata disputes. A list of his many cases and publications is to be found on his 13 Wentworth Chambers website. Underscoring a life dedicated to the law (when he is not snowboarding), Sydney is the sole author of two major loose-leaf services, namely: Commercial Damages and Injunctions: Law and Practice, and part authors the leading loose-leaf service Commercial & International Arbitration (all published by Thomson Reuters). He has been, for many years, a popular presenter of CPD seminars
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