Wollong Pty Limited v Shoalhaven City Council [2002] NSWLEC 164

Reported Decision : 122 LGERA 331

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Wollong Pty Limited v Shoalhaven City Council [2002] NSWLEC 164 APPLICANT Wollong Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Shoalhaven City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 30322 of 1998 CORAM: Talbot J Compensation :- claim for interest on overpayment KEY ISSUES: Costs:- effect of Calderbank letter in class 3 proceedings Jurisdiction:- whether the Court has power to make orders under Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991

Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 s 48, s 48(4), s 48(5), s 48(6), s 49, s 50, s 55(a), s 55(d), s 66, s 66(2), s 66(4), s 67 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 16(1A), s 19(e), s 24, s25, s 69A Public Works Act 1912 s 126A(5) Amev Finance Ltd v Artes Studios Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd (1988) 13 NSWLR 486; Banno and Another v Commonwealth of Australia and Another (1983) 81 LGERA 34; Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 WLR 586; DJL v The Central Authority (2000) 201 CLR 226; Dr Martens Australia Pty Ltd v Figgins Holdings Pty Ltd (No.2) [2000] FCA 602; Haig v Minister Administering The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (No.2) (1995) 85 LGERA 435; Haig v Minister Administering The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (No.3) (1996) 90 LGERA 408; CASES CITED: Hanave Pty Ltd v LFOT Pty Ltd (FCA, 11 November 1998, unreported); Heydon v NRMA Ltd and Others (No 2) (2001) 53 NSWLR 600; Lake Macquarie City Council v Luka (1999) 106 LGERA 94; London Chatham and Dover Railway Co v South Eastern Railway Co (1893) AC 429; Messiter v Hutchinson (1987) 10 NSWLR 525; Production Spray Painting & Panel Beating Pty Ltd and Others v Newnham and Others (No 2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 659; Rodger v The Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris (1871) LR 3 PC 465; Smallacombe v Lockyer Investment Co Pty Ltd (1993) 42 FCR 97; Victorian WorkCover Authority v Esso Australia Ltd (2001) 75 ALJR 1513 DATES OF HEARING: 12/09/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/04/2002