NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Still v Transgrid [2005] NSWLEC 531
APPLICANT: A F Still
PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Transgrid
FILE NUMBER(S) : 30911 of 2005
CORAM: Bignold J
KEY ISSUES: Compensation :- compulsory acquisition of easement for transmission line—compensation claim lodged 9 years after compulsory acquisition—whether statute barred.
Public Works Act 1912, ss 42, 45, 102-104, 126 LEGISLATION CITED: Limitation Act 1969, ss 14(1)(d), 63(1), 68A
Australia in Rosenbaum v The Minister (1965) 114 CLR 424; Blackwell v Railway Commissioner for NSW (1931) 31 SR (NSW) 302; Commissioner for Main Roads v North Shore Gas Co Ltd (1967) 120 CLR 118; Dobinson v Lake Macquarie City Council (1994) 82LGERA 16; Edwards v Chief Commissioner for Railways (1912) 12 SR (NSW) 117; CASES CITED: MacMahon v Minister for Public Works (1995) 86 LGERA 344; McKain v R W Miller and Company (South Australia ) Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 1; Robinson v Department of Main Roads (1987) 64 LGRA 78; Public Trustee v Penrith City Council (1976) 33 LGRA 47; The Commonwealth v Dixon (1988) 13 NSWLR 601; The Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471
DATES OF HEARING: 17/08/2005
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/23/2005
APPLICANT: J Webster, SC Barrister SOLICITORS McIntosh McPhillamy & Co.
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