15-11-19 / Roger Traves KC, Sam McCarthy — Land Law & Property
An appeal to the Land Court under s 155 of the Land Valuation Act 2010. The appellant brought the case as an objector to the respondent’s statutory valuation of the property, and sought for the valuation to be reduced. At the hearing, both the valuer for the appellant and the…
21-6-19 / Roger Traves KC, Matthew Wilkinson — Appellate, Land Law & Property
An appeal from the Land Court’s decision to change the Ipswich City Council’s categorisation of land for rating purposes. The question on appeal was whether certain Bunnings stores were a “drive-in shopping centre” or a “Shop – Single” under the relevant Ipswich City Council budget. The appeal was successful. The…
31-5-19 / Roger Traves KC, Sam McCarthy — Appellate, Land Law & Property
Roger Traves QC and Samuel McCarthy appeared on behalf of the appellants, instructed by Otto Martiens. The judgment is available here.
31-5-19 / Roger Traves KC, Sam McCarthy — Land Law & Property
An appeal against decisions on objection relating to site valuations under the Land Valuation Act 2010 (Qld). This appeal decision is separate from F A Pidgeon (No 2) due to separate and distinct issues that arise such as sales. Roger Traves QC and Samuel McCarthy appeared on behalf of the appellant,…
23-7-18 / Roger Traves KC, Stewart Webster — Commercial Equity, Contract, Land Law & Property
This case involved a consideration of whether companies holding equitable charges were necessary parties to an application for declarations about the lawfulness of removing equipment subject to the charges. Resolving that question turned on a consideration of whether the charge holders were directly affected by the orders which had been…
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