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Council wins challenge to Peace Park residential development
Construction 2025-05-08 11:18 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A NSW council has partially succeeded in its challenge to the approval of a proposed residential development near the Peace Park in Ashbury in Sydney’s Inner West. In November 2024, Commissioner Elizabeth Espinosa of the NSW Land and Environment Court ruled in favour of developer Hamptons Property Services, and granted it development consent for a…

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Judge slams lawyers for ‘inexcusable’ delays in case against Sydney Metro
Construction 2025-02-20 10:40 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has warned the lawyers for the owners of the City Mutual Building in Sydney’s CBD about failing to comply with court directions, saying their “inexcusable” delay in providing evidence could not be forgiven just because it was a compulsory acquisition matter.

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High Court won’t hear landowners case over payout for WestConnex project
Real Estate 2020-02-05 10:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Three Sydney commercial landlords whose properties were compulsorily acquired to make way for the WestConnex project have come to the end of the road in their fight for $56.5 million in compensation, with the High Court refusing to hear their case.

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Landowners lose appeal over $56.5M payout for Westconnex project
Transportation & Infrastructure 2019-09-26 2:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

A group of Sydney commercial landlords whose properties were compulsorily acquired for the WestConnex project have lost an appeal seeking $56.5 million in compensation, after the Valuer-General offered them just over half that amount.

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