Blacktown City Council v Concato (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 100

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Blacktown City Council v Concato (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 100 Hearing dates: 31 January 2019 Date of orders: 31 January 2019 Decision date: 31 January 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: Affidavit rejected Catchwords: STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW), s 55 Entitlement to just compensation – s 59 legal costs reasonably incurred – construction of s 59(1)(a) – Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 56 overriding purpose of proceedings just, quick, cheap

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – putative jurisdictional error – misapprehension of fact – whether factual questions can rise to the level of jurisdictional error Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 79, 80 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW) ss 54, 55, 56 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Valuation of Land Act 1916 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allianz Insurance Australia Ltd v Kerr (2012) 83 NSWLR 302; [2012] NSWCA Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchard (2011) 243 CLR 588; [2011] HCA 21 Hoy v Coffs Harbour City Council [2016] NSWCA 257; 218 LGER 411 Makita v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705; [2001] NSWCA 305 Maurici v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (2003) 212 CLR 111; [2003] HCA 8 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia (1907) 5 CLR 418; [1907] HCA 82 Wei v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 257 CLR 22; [2015] HCA 15 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Blacktown City Council (Plaintiff) Lodovico Antonio Concato (Defendant) Vilma Concato (Second Defendant) Office of the Valuer General (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P. Tomasetti SC with A. Hemmings and L. Nurpuri I. Hemmings SC with K. Lindeman L. Waterson