Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAGLEESON CJ,GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE AND HEYDON JJWESTFIELD MANAGEMENT LIMITED  APPELLANTANDPERPETUAL TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED  RESPONDENTWestfield Management Limited v Perpetual Trustee Company Limited[2007] HCA 453 October 2007S210/2007ORDERAppeal dismissed with costs.On appeal from the Supreme Court of New South WalesRepresentationB W Walker SC with R G McHugh SC and N J Owens for the appellant (instructed by Speed and Stracey Lawyers)N C Hutley SC with S Flanigan, J C Giles and S J Free for the respondent (instructed by Deacons Lawyers)Notice:  This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.CATCHWORDSWestfield Management Limited v Perpetual Trustee Company LimitedReal property – Torrens system land – Easements – An easement granted the right to go, pass and repass for all purposes to and from the appellant's dominant tenement over the respondent's servient tenement – The appellant sought to use the easement in order to access remoter properties adjoining the dominant tenement – Whether such use was permitted by the easement.Real property – Torrens system land – Easements – Construction – Whether the expression "to and from" encompassed access across the dominant tenement to remoter properties – Whether the expression "for all purposes" encompassed access across the dominant tenement to remoter properties.Evidence – Torrens system land – Easements – Construction – Whether evidence was admissible regarding the intention or contemplation of the parties at the time of, or subsequent to, the grant – Relevance of the Torrens Register.Words and phrases – "for...