LT 19 March 1998. On 19 March 1991, the relevant date for the purposes of the Land Compensation Act 1973, S completed certain works at Stanstead Airport. D signed a contract to sell their property on 3 October 1991 and on 7 October 1991 submitted a claim for compensation. Contracts were exchanged on 11 October 1991. On 24 May 1996 S`s surveyor made a without prejudice offer of £25,500 subject to the interest being acquired before 19 March 1991 and that at the date of the claim D was the owner occupier. D maintained that S3 of the Act provided that a claim could be made earlier than the first claim day - 12 months after the relevant date - ifthe claimant had during the 12 month period contracted to dispose of his interest and the claim was made before the interest was disposed of. "Held" compensation was payable, although the claim was not submitted in accordance with s3, as the claim had proceeded for nearly 5 years on the basis of a shared assumption that the claim was validly mad