Minister of Works v Green and McCahill (Contractors) Limited - [1965] NZLR 580

Public works — Compulsory purchase of land and compensation — Assessment of purchase price and compensation — Land taken for public work — Claimant having plan for subdivisional development — Such plan requiring removal of large quantities of soil and clay — Such soil and clay readily saleable — Whether claimant to be compensated for loss of profit on sales of soil and clay — How availability and saleability of such soil and clay reflected in compensation — Valuation of subdivisional potentialities of land — Assessment of allowance for profit and risk

Public works — Compulsory purchase of land and compensation — Practice — Appeal to Land Valuation Court from decision of Land Valuation Committee — Desirability of rehearing witnesses — Course to be followed in lengthy case — Land Valuation Court Act 1948, s. 26.