Boland v Yates Property Corporation Pty Limited
Webster v Yates Property Corporation Pty Limited

[1999] HCA 64
Judgment date
Case number
S24/1999
S28/1999
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Negligence – Professional negligence – Legal practitioners – Standard of care.

Acquisition of land – Determination of compensation – Special value of land to dispossessed owner – Theory of "head start" to developers.

Legal practitioners – Professional liability – Negligence – Barristers and solicitors – Immunity from action.

Words and phrases – "market value" – "special value" – "head start".

Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 52.

Public Works Act 1912 (NSW), s 124.

Darling Harbour Authority Act 1984 (NSW), s 12C.