McDonald v Roads & Traffic Authority of NSW [2009] NSWLEC 105

169 LGERA 352 [2010] ALMD 462 Reported Decision : [2010] ALMD 460 [2010] NSWCA 236 [2010] ALMD 461

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : McDonald v Roads & Traffic Authority of NSW [2009] NSWLEC 105 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

APPLICANT: Karen Denise McDonald PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Roads & Traffic Authority of New South Wales

FILE NUMBER(S) : 30033 of 2008

CORAM: Biscoe J

KEY ISSUES: COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND :- of part of rural land - market value - valued on basis of residential subdivision potential - before and after valuation method - direct sales comparison method - hypothetical development check method - disturbance costs - whether within s 59(c) or (f) Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 - whether excluded by s 61(b) as financial loss that would necessarily have been incurred in realising the potential on which market value assessed - whether double-dipping because captured by before and after valuation method

Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, s 42 LEGISLATION CITED: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991, ss 3, 10(1)(a), 34, 42(1), 54, 55, 56, 59, 61 Land Tax Management Act 1956, s 10AA

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