Marshall v Director-General, Department of Transport

[2001] HCA 37
Judgment date
Case number
B52/2000
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Real property – Resumption of land by public body – Compensation – Whether compensation for injurious affection is payable in respect of land taken for the statutory purpose but not, or not yet, physically used for that purpose.

Words and phrases – "injurious affection" – "compensation" – "depreciation" – "severed land" – "residual land" – "road purposes".

Acquisition of Land Act 1967 (Q) – ss 4, 7, 12, 20.

Land Act 1962 (Q) ss 44 – 45.

Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (UK) – s 63.

Lands Acquisition Act 1955 (Cth) – s 23.

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