Caradi Pty Ltd v Secretary, Department of Transport

• 1. Land Acquisition and Compensation
  2. › Compulsory acquisition
  3. › Market value
  4. › Comparable sales method
  5. › Whether valuations based on highest and best use of land
  6. › Whether remediation costs had to be deducted arithmetically or whether general allowance could be made
  7. › Whether valuers considered sufficiently large number of comparable sales
  8. › Relevance of sales after date of acquisition in rapidly rising market
  9. › Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 (Vic), ss 40, 41(1)
  10. › Valuation of Land Act 1960 (Vic), s 5A
• 1. Land Acquisition and Compensation
  2. › Compulsory acquisition
  3. › Disturbance losses
  4. › Replacement land costs
  5. › Whether applicant entitled to replacement land costs where no replacement land purchased
  6. › Whether sufficient evidence of intention to purchase replacement land
  7. › Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 (Vic), s 41(1)(d)
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Appeal on question of law only
  3. › Land acquisition compensation determination
  4. › Whether valuation errors constitute errors of law
  5. › Whether finding or adjustment not reasonably possible or open on the evidence
  6. › Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 (Vic), s 89(2)

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