Finlay Stonemasonry Pty Ltd v JD & Sons Nominees Pty Ltd

[2011] NTSC 37

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Planning Act
2. › Plaintiff seeks a declaration that a registered lease is void
3. › Plaintiff claims lease void on grounds of purported sub-division
4. › transaction that purports to sub-divide land in contravention of Part 5 of the Act is void
5. › land may be sub-divided only with consent subject to the relevant provisions of the Planning Scheme
6. › Does the lease effect sub-division
7. › lease falls under s 5(3)(b) exception
8. › lease does not effect sub-division
9. › claim dismissed
10. › application as to costs.
1. Planning Act (NT) ss 2A(1), 2A(2)(a)-(e), 3, 5(1), 5(3), 5(4), 44(b), 46, 47A, 47A(a), 62(1)(a), 63(2)
1. Licensed Surveyors Act (NT) s 49(3)
1. Valuation of Land Act 1916 (NSW)