Perilya Broken Hill Ltd v Valuer-General [2015] NSWCA 400

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Perilya Broken Hill Ltd v Valuer-General [2015] NSWCA 400 Hearing dates: 11 November 2015 Decision date: 16 December 2015 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Macfarlan JA at [2]; Leeming JA at [10] Decision: Appeal dismissed, with costs. Catchwords: PRACTICE – late application to adduce further evidence – no error of law disclosed in refusal of application by primary judge

PRECEDENTS – precedential authority of decision on construction of identical words in different statute – precedential authority of Australian appeals to Privy Council

VALUATION – methods of valuation – hypothetical fee simple of mine – minerals in fact reserved to Crown – whether land value to be determined on assumption that minerals privately owned – distinction between laws of general application and qualifications upon the particular grant – Royal Sydney Golf Club v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1955) 91 CLR 610 and Gollan v Randwick Municipal Council [1961] AC 82 considered – Crown reservation of minerals to be ignored in valuation of hypothetical fee simple Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Constitution (Cth), s 114 Crown Lands Act 1884 (NSW), s 7 Crown Lands Act 1989 (NSW), s 171 Crown Lands Alienation Act 1861 (NSW), ss 18, 19 Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 (NSW), s 235 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 144 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 21 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW), ss 38, 57 Land and Income Tax Assessment Act 1895 (NSW) Land Tax Assessment Act 1910 (Cth), ss 3, 13, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33 Mining Act 1992 (NSW), ss 63, 98, 284; Pts 13, 14 Valuation of Land Act 1916 (NSW), ss 6A, 37 Western Lands Act 1901 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barclay v Penberthy [2012] HCA 40; 246 CLR 258 Bone v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (1974) 132 CLR 38 Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd v Valuer-General [1970] AC 627; (1969) 16 LGRA 334 Cadia Holdings Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales [2010] HCA 27; 242 CLR 195 Coleman v Power [2004] HCA 39; 220 CLR 1 Commissioner of Stamp Duties v Bone [1977] AC 511 Commonwealth v State of New South Wales (1923) 33 CLR 1 Cook v Cook (1986) 162 CLR 376 Esposito v Commonwealth [2015] FCAFC 160 Fejo v Northern Territory of Australia [1998] HCA 58; 195 CLR 96 Gerlach v Clifton Bricks Pty Limited [2002] HCA 22; 209 CLR 478 Gollan v Randwick Municipal Council [1961] AC 82; (1960) 6 LGRA 275 Hawkins v Clayton trading as Clayton Utz & Co (1986) 5 NSWLR 109 Imbree v McNeilly [2008] HCA 40; 236 CLR 510 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act [2015] NSWCA 349 Nullagine Investments Pty Ltd v Western Australian Club Inc (1993) 177 CLR 635 Perilya Broken Hill Ltd v Valuer-General (No 3) [2013] NSWLEC 215 Perilya Broken Hill Ltd v Valuer-General (No 5) [2015] NSWLEC 20 Perilya Broken Hill Ltd v Valuer-General (No 6) [2015] NSWLEC 43 Perilya Broken Hill Ltd v Valuer-General (No 7) [2015] NSWLEC 67 Perilya Broken Hill Ltd v Valuer-General (No 8) [2015] NSWLEC 72 Perilya Broken Hill Ltd v Valuer-General [2012] NSWLEC 235 Rockwell Graphic Systems Ltd v Fremantle Terminals Ltd (1991) 106 FLR 294 Royal Sydney Golf Club v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1955) 91 CLR 610 Rutledge v Randwick Municipal Council (1957) 3 LGRA 9 Sydney City Council v Valuer-General (1956) 1 LGRA 229 Sydney Water Corporation v Caruso [2009] NSWCA 391; 170 LGERA 298 Valuer-General v Fivex Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 53; 206 LGERA 450 Valuer-General v New South Wales Golf Club [2012] NSWCA 355; 192 LGERA 105 Valuer-General v Perilya Broken Hill Ltd [2013] NSWCA 265; 195 LGERA 416 Wade v New South Wales Rutile Mining Co Pty Ltd (1969) 121 CLR 177 Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer v Adnan Al Othmani [2012] NSWCA 45 Yanner v Eaton [1999] HCA 53; 201 CLR 351 Texts Cited: P Butt, Land Law (6th ed 2010, Thomson Reuters) K Gray, "Property in Thin Air" (1991) 50 Cambridge Law Journal 252 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Perilya Broken Hill Ltd (Appellant) Valuer-General (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Lancaster SC, L Thomas (Appellant) P Tomasetti SC, M Carpenter (Respondent)