Read the full judgment text of LDGA 000005/1998 on BabelCite. This LDGA judgment was delivered on 29 March 1999.
1. The appellant owners of these government leases are subsidiaries or associated companies of nine leading groups of developers. These leases were obtained by new grants, surrender and exchange, or re-grants. These pieces of land can be conveniently grouped into three categories, (1) development sites, (2) re-development sites, and (3) agriculture land and they are all vacant and some are pending development. By the end of June or early July 1997, the Commissioner of Rating and Valuation ( " th