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Mekpine Pty Ltd v Moreton Bay Regional Council[2014] QCA 317

Reported at [2016] 1 Qd R 148

Mekpine Pty Ltd v Moreton Bay Regional Council[2014] QCA 317

Reported at [2016] 1 Qd R 148
CITATION: Mekpine Pty Ltd v Moreton Bay Regional Council [2014] QCA 317
JUDGE(S): McMurdo P, Holmes JA, Morrison JA
DELIVERED ON: 02 December 2014
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    Mekpine Pty Ltd v Moreton Bay Regional Council

  • Shortened Case Name:

    Mekpine Pty Ltd v Moreton Bay Regional Council

  • Reported Citation:

    [2016] 1 Qd R 148

  • MNC:

    [2014] QCA 317

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    McMurdo P, Holmes JA, Morrison JA

  • Date:

    02 Dec 2014

  • Selected for Reporting:

    Editor's Note

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary Judgment[2012] QLC 4610 Sep 2012The applicants were the former lessees of land that was compulsorily acquired under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967. The preliminary point was whether, at the date of resumption, the applicant had an estate or interest in the resumed land pursuant to the Acquisition of Land Act 1967? Answered - yes: Member WA Isdale
Primary Judgment[2013] QLAC 525 Oct 2013Appeal allowed. Mekpine did not have any “interest” in land for the purposes of s 12(5) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 either by virtue of its lease or the operation of the Retail Shop Leases Act 1994: Peter Lyons J, CAC MacDonald; PA Smith.
Primary Judgment[2014] QLAC 524 Jul 2014The respondents (Mekpine and Zacsam) were ordered to pay the appellants costs: Peter Lyons J, CAC MacDonald; PA Smith.
QCA Original Jurisdiction[2016] QCA 8505 Apr 2016On application under s 15(1)(b) Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld) Mekpine Pty Ltd was granted an indemnity certificate: Holmes CJ and Margaret McMurdo P and Morrison JA.
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2014] QCA 31702 Dec 2014Mekpine Pty Ltd applied for leave to appeal under Div 5 Pt 4 Land Court Act 2000 (Qld). 1. Leave to appeal granted. 2. Appeal allowed with costs. 3. The decision of the Land Appeal Court is set aside. Ordered that the appeal is dismissed and the matter remitted to the Land Court: Margaret McMurdo P, Holmes and Morrison JJA.
Application for Special Leave (HCA)File Number: B55/1424 Dec 2014-
Special Leave Granted (HCA)[2015] HCATrans 27016 Oct 2015Kiefel and Keane JJ.
HCA Transcript[2015] HCATrans 32308 Dec 2015French CJ, Kiefel, Bell, Gageler and Nettle JJ.
HCA Judgment[2016] HCA 7; (2016) 256 CLR 43710 Mar 2016Appeal allowed. Orders 2 and 3 of the Court of Appeal made on 2 December 2014 were set aside. In lieu, it was ordered that the appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed with costs (decision of the QLAC reinstated). Mekpine ordered to pay the Council's costs in the High Court: French CJ, Kiefel, Bell, Gageler and Nettle JJ.

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined (QCA) - Appeal Determined (HCA)

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