Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25:
1. This application concerns the availability of an alternative costs order if favour of the respondent, Blacktown City Council ("Council"), in Class 3 compulsory acquisition proceedings.
2. On 14 September 2022 the Council offered UPG 72 Pty Ltd ("UPG") compensation in the sum of $2,494,984.44 for the acquisition of UPG's land ("the acquisition"), Lot 31 in DP 1246761 ("the acquired land"), as determined by the Valuer-General ("statutory offer").
3. UPG objected to that offer pursuant to s 66 of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 ("Just Terms Act") and commenced a Class 3 proceedings against that deter...