Can a property owner who has spent large amounts of time negotiating with the expropriating authority on the issue of compensation for a construction project, then about face up front and argue it is void?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Camp Development Corporation v. Greater Vancouver (Transportation Authority), 2009 BCSC 819 (CanLII):
In Molander v. Cranbrook (City) (1980), 20 L.C.R. (B.C.C.A.), 1980 CarswellBC 650, the court held that the owner having actively engaged in negotiating with the expropriating authority on the subject of compensation, while large sums were expended on construction, could not then about face and argue the expropriation was void some two years later.
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