Casata Ltd v Minister for Land Information - [2024] 3 NZLR 671

Public works — Compensation — Shadow period — Acquisition of land for public work — Whether shadow cast by announcement of public works project impaired ownership rights — Lost opportunity to redevelop or sell land — Landowner’s ability to claim compensation for loss attributable to effect of “shadow period” — Proper approach to proving and quantifying loss — Assessment of “full compensation” and “compensation for any disturbance” — Whether damage arising from exercise of powers — Whether damage to land — Sufficiency of evidence — Public Works Act 1981 ss 18, 60, 60(1)(c), 62, 66 and 68.