Safe hands for complex public sector property issues
Compulsory Acquisition of Property
Whether by agreement or via litigation, we take a commercial approach to the compulsory acquisition of property
LTL has extensive experience acting for public authorities – particularly local government – on the acquisition of land for operational and infrastructure purposes and for government, institutional and private landowners whose land is being acquired.
We can
Pragmatic, organised
Where we can assist
The services we regularly provide to both acquiring authorities or landowners (private, institutional or government) in relation to the compulsory acquisition of property for variety of state and local infrastructure projects including:
- issues surrounding the valuation of land
- assisting local and state government agencies resume or compulsory acquire land and just terms compensation, including:
- drafting Compulsory Acquisition Notices and associated notices for the government gazette
- negotiating with landowners, lawyers, valuers and other experts acting on behalf of landowners
- negotiating with statutory and government bodies acquiring land and their experts, lawyers and valuers
- appearing in and conducting Land & Environment Court appeals in relation to the determination of just terms compensation
