Ivanhoe Coal Pty Ltd v TransGrid [2000] NSWLEC 40

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Ivanhoe Coal Pty Ltd v TransGrid [2000] NSWLEC 40 APPLICANT: Ivanhoe Coal Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT: TransGrid FILE NUMBER(S) : 30276 of 1999 CORAM: Talbot J Compensation - Construction & Interpretation - Jurisdiction :- KEY ISSUES: Construction & Interpretation:- mistake in amending Act - the approach to construction - test for reading words into or omitting words from legislation Jurisdiction:- claim purporting to be made under Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 properly construed as claim under Public Works Act 1912 Compensation:- claim required to be referred to arbitration under Public Works Act 1912 - not a claim under Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 s 3, s 58, s 59(f) LEGISLATION CITED: Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 Public Works Act 1912 s 39, s 40, s 141, s 142, s 145 Bermingham v Corrective Services Commission (NSW) (1988) 15 NSWLR 292; Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1980-81) 147 CLR 297; CASES CITED: Seaford Court Estates Pty Ltd v Asher [1949] 2 KB 481; Thompson v Goold and Co [1910] AC 409; Tokyo Mart Pty Ltd v Campbell and Anor (1988) 15 NSWLR 275; Wentworth Securities Limited and Anor v Jones [1980] AC 74 DATES OF HEARING: 29/02/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/08/2000