Multari G v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2004] NSWLEC 649

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Multari G v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2004] NSWLEC 649 APPLICANT Guiseppe Multari PARTIES : RESPONDENT Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales FILE NUMBER(S) : 30154 of 2003 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Compulsory Acquisition of Land :- compensation - whether subsequent events can be taken into account - proper evaluation of conflicting expert advice - Practice and Procedure - application to reopen after hearing but before judgment. Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 s 54, s 55(a), s 55(d), s 55(f), s 56, s 66, s 59(a), s 59(b), s 59(d), s 59(f), s 66 LEGISLATION CITED: Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Liverpool Local Environmental Plan 1997 cl 18 Bwlfa & Merthyr Dare Steam Collieries (1891) Ltd v Pontypridd Waterworks Co [1903] AC 426 ; Daandine Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Land Tax 26 August 1943, High Court, unreported; Filip Yakas v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2004] NSWLEC 525, unreported ; CASES CITED: Housing Commission of New South Wales v Falconer and Others (1981) 50 LGRA 334; Longworth v Commissioner of Stamp Duties [1953] SR (NSW) 342 ; Kizbeau Pty Ltd v W G & B Pty Limited and Another (1995) 184 CLR 281 ; McCathie and Others v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1944) 69 CLR 1 ; Potts v Miller (1940) 64 CLR 282 13/10/04 14/10/04 15/10/04 DATES OF HEARING: 18/10/04 01/11/04 12/11/04 (written submissions) 19/11/04 (notice of motion) DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/24/2004