Bakarich and Anor v Liverpool City Council [2001] NSWLEC 224

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Bakarich and Anor v Liverpool City Council [2001] NSWLEC 224 APPLICANTS Anthony George Bakarich and Allan John Bakarich PARTIES : RESPONDENT Liverpool City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 30119 of 2000 CORAM: McEwen AJ KEY ISSUES: Compulsory Acquisition of Land :- resumption - highest and best use - amount of compensation LEGISLATION CITED: CASES CITED: DATES OF HEARING: 20/08/2001, 21/08/2001, 22/08/2001 EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 08/22/2001

APPLICANTS Mr C Leggat (Barrister)

SOLICITORS Bowring Stone LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr P Clay (Barrister)

SOLICITORS Abbott Tout

JUDGMENT:

IN THE LAND AND 30119 of 2000 ENVIRONMENT COURT McEwen AJ OF NEW SOUTH WALES 22 August 2001

Anthony George Bakarich and Allan John Bakarich Applicants v

Liverpool City Council Respondent

JUDGMENT

1. These proceedings concern the resumption of a block of land at Lennox Place, West Hoxton, to the west of Liverpool, being Lot 2 in DP 1012189; it is a block of some 5,300 square metres with a frontage of a little under 22 metres to Lennox Place ("the subject property"). The property was resumed by a notice published in the Government Gazette on 2 June 2000; formal notice of resumption was forwarded to the resumee on 26 June 2000.