Catchwords:

APPEAL – civil – notice of appeal – extension of time to apply for leave to appeal – where notice of appeal filed almost two years after the material date – where government respondent consented to late filing – relevance of model litigant policy

VALUATION – compulsory acquisition of land – assessment of compensation – market value – role of “judicial valuer” – valuation of non-marketable parcel – assessment of value before and after acquisition – Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW), s 56(1)

VALUATION – compulsory acquisition of land – assessment of compensation – disturbance – where acquired land included resource – assessment of value where resource only had value because of the carrying out of the public purpose for which the land was acquired – whether claimed disturbance related to “actual use” of acquired land – Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW), ss 55(d) and 59(f)