– The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary and analysis of recent legal decisions relating to compensation for compulsory purchase.
– The paper summarises three important decisions and provide a critical assessment of each of them.
– These decisions provide clarification of some of the most complex aspects: the compulsory purchase compensation code.
– Case law is specific to the facts of each individual case and con provide only “in principle” guidance for future compensation disputes.
– The analysis of these decisions will assist surveyors and lawyers working in the compensation field to advice clients in future compensation disputes.
– As these legal decisions have been published relatively recently there will be few other similar commentaries available.
