RTA v Damjanovic [2006] NSWCA 166

Reported Decision : 146 LGERA 403

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: RTA v Damjanovic [2006] NSWCA 166

HEARING DATE(S): 22 May 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 5 July 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Santow JA at 2; Tobias JA at 3

DECISION: Both appeals dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS: PROPERTY – land – compulsory acquisition – compensation – Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 – part of land retained – determination at first instance by the Land and Environment Court – valuation – valuation principles – relevance of planning controls – determination of compensation on the basis of a planning assumption – other factors affecting valuation – "before" and "after" approach – underlying zoning – access road - PROCEDURE – appeals – error of law – power to order new trial – discretion to remit matter for further determination – principles

Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 1998 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No. 31 – Regional Parklands

Escobar v Spindaleri (1986) 7 NSWLR 51 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Peakhurst Inn v Fox [2004] NSWCA 74 CASES CITED: Roads and Traffic Authority v Muir Properties Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 460 Roads & Traffic Authority v Perry (2001) 52 NSWLR 222; (2001) 116 LGERA 244 Royal Sydney Golf Club v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1957) 97 CLR 379 Stead v State Government Insurance Commission (1986) 161 CLR 141