Where a dominant landowner seeks multiple statutory easements under s 180 of the Property Law Act 1974 (Qld), each easement must independently satisfy the test of reasonable necessity. A preference for one route over another available route that adequately serves the same purpose amounts to mere desirability, not reasonable necessity. The applicant's own evidence that they could manage without the second route may be fatal to the claim for that easement.
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