Hammercall Pty Ltd v Minister for Transport & Main Roads & Ors

• 1. Real Property
  2. › Compulsory acquisition of land
  3. › Powers of acquisition
  4. › Statutory power to acquire land that will 'land lock' remaining land
  5. › Whether common law right of access to highway modified by statute
  6. › Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 (Qld), ss 24(1), 24(3), 25
  7. › Acquisition of Land Act 1967 (Qld), ss 7, 20
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Jurisdictional error
  4. › Minister's decision under s 9(5)(a) Acquisition of Land Act 1967 (Qld)
  5. › Whether Minister required to repeat statutory language verbatim in decision
  6. › Whether inference available that Minister considered application and accompanying material
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Delegation of power
  3. › Constructing authority's delegate to hear objections
  4. › Whether hearing officer validly appointed
  5. › Acquisition of Land Act 1967 (Qld), s 7(3)(e)(iii), s 8(2)
  6. › Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (Qld), s 27A
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Procedural fairness
  3. › Compulsory acquisition process
  4. › Whether objector entitled to respond to briefing memorandum and departmental response provided to Minister
  5. › Whether memoranda contained substantially new content
  6. › Acquisition of Land Act 1967 (Qld), ss 7, 8, 9

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