Cook, Saad, Raguz & Ors v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2007] NSWLEC 136

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Cook, Saad, Raguz & Ors v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2007] NSWLEC 136 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

Proceedings 30549 of 2005 APPLICANTS Maxwell Cook and Margaret Joyce Cook RESPONDENT Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales

Proceedings 30550 of 2005 APPLICANTS PARTIES : Anthony Saad and Daisy Constantine RESPONDENT Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales

Proceedings 30551 of 2005 APPLICANTS Iliga Raguz and Pauline Raguz RESPONDENT Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales

FILE NUMBER(S) : 30549 of 2005; 30550 of 2005; 30551 of 2005

CORAM: Jagot J

KEY ISSUES: Compulsory Acquisition of Land :- compensation - market value - injurious affection - severance - disturbance

LEGISLATION CITED: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 s 42, s 47, s 55(f), s 56, s 59, s 61, s 64, s 66 Roads Act 1993

Best v Housing Commission of NSW (1949) 17 LGR (NSW) 129; Boland v Yates Property Corporation Pty Ltd and Another (1999) 167 ALR 575 ; Brewarrana Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Highways [No. 1] (1973) 32 LGRA 170; Commissioner of Succession Duties (South Australia) v Executor Trustee and Agency Company of South Australia Limited and Others (1947) 74 CLR 358; De Ieso v Commissioner of Highways (1981) 27 SASR 248; Director of Buildings and Lands v Shun Fung Ironworks Ltd [1995] 2 AC 111; E J Cooper & Son Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (2003) 131 LGERA 226; CASES CITED: Fitzpatrick Investments Pty Limited v Blacktown City Council (No 2) (2000) 108 LGERA 417; Housing Commission of New South Wales v Falconer and Others [1981] 1 NSWLR 547; Koutsouras v State Rail Authority of New South Wales, unreported, NSWCA, 29 November 1991; Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 v Bautovich (2005) 142 LGERA 331; Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) v Mosca (2006) 146 LGERA 335; Sandhurst Trustees Limited v Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW [2006] NSWLEC 243; Spencer v The Commonwealth of Australia (1907) 5 CLR 418; Tatmar Pastoral Company Pty Ltd and Anor v The Housing Commission of New South Wales, unreported, NSWLEC, No. 30115 of 1980, 17 March 1982; Woollams v The Minister (1957) 2 LGRA 338