Where a party enters into a sale contract to purchase land and – prior to settlement – that land is compulsorily acquired by a government authority, a potential tension arises in circumstances where the market value determined by the Valuer-General is less than the...

When a dispossessed landowner – having had their land or an interest in land compulsorily acquired – elects to challenge the Valuer-General’s determination of compensation in the Land and Environment Court, the usual rule is that an applicant will be entitled to...

The usual path to challenging a determination of the Valuer-General in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land vests in Class 3 proceedings of the NSW Land and Environment Court.  The nature of those proceedings involves, in effect, a re-determination by the...

The compulsory acquisition of land often triggers tax implications for the dispossessed owner, particularly associated with land held in an investment capacity, two of the more common of which are stamp duty and land tax. In the recent decision of Canal Aviv Pty Ltd v...