Compulsory Land Acquisition Guide
Issues covered include: Proposed Acquisition Notice, Powers of resumption, Assessments, Instructing Experts and Maximising Expert Evidence, Land valuation assessment and methods, partial acquistion, business valuation and compensation.
Description
With a rush of recent and upcoming compulsory acquisitions roiling through NSW and significant recent changes and cases impacting the sector, now is the time to take a deep dive into the area to refine or broaden your practice. Featuring a unique and varied panel of leading lawyers, barristers, a forensic accountant and a valuer, you’ll receive all the information, strategies and updates you need straight from those working at the coalface of compulsory acquisition practice at every level.
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
1.5 units in Substantive Law
1.5 units in Professional Skills
This seminar was recorded in NSW on 21 June 2019
Chair: Breellen Warry, Partner, Holding Redlich
2.00pm to 2.45pm: Compulsory Land Acquisition Procedure: Navigating the Process
- Powers of resumption
- What is acquired?
- Intention to resume: issuing the Proposed Acquisition Notice
- Acquisition procedure
- Recent cases: Baptist Union v Georges River Council; RMS v Desane
Presented by Christopher Conolly, Partner, HWL Ebsworth; Accredited Specialist in Property Law; co-author, Land Acquisition, LexisNexis
Professional Skills
2.45pm to 3.30pm: Challenging Assessments, Instructing Experts and Maximising Expert Evidence
Explore best practices for challenging assessments, including strategies for instructing and working with experts and how to maximise expert evidence to give you and your clients an edge.
Presented by Lara Nurpuri, Barrister and Scott Nash, Barrister, Martin Place Chambers
3.30pm to 3.45pm Afternoon Tea
Professional Skills
3.45pm to 4.30pm: Proper Assessment of Valuation
- Valuation methods and valuation principles overview
- Use of valuation methods in court proceedings
- Report writing and admissibility
- Use of industry software in proceedings
- Review of the cases on valuation method
Presented by Paul Dale, Director, Paul Dale Valuations & Advisory
4.30pm to 5.15pm: THE LEGAL AND FORENSIC ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE: Compensation for Businesses
- When can a separate claim be made by a business?
- What constitutes an interest in land?
- What is claimable by a business and the parameters of loss into the future?
- Relocation of a business vs extinguishment of a business
- Valuation of partial acquisitions
Presented by Florence Mitchell, Partner, Flo Mitchell Legal; Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation and Andrew Firth, Director & Forensic Accountant, Rushmore Group
Venue
Cliftons Sydney
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia