000			01625cab a2200241 4500
001			ABS40396
008			090401t1989 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u23531
041			_aeng
245			_aFrancis v Harris and Another
260			_c1989
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(1989) 07 EG 70-74(3)
520			_aCA 30 March 1988. Appeal by surveyor (F) in an action for professional fees in relation to compensation for the compulsory acquisition of H`s land. Cc judge rejected F`s claim for the unpaid balance of fees after allowing for the amount paid by the acquiring authority. There had been no express agreement between the parties as to fees payable. H assumed F would be paid wholly by the acquiring authority; F considered that he would be receiving a contribution to his fees from the authority and submitted that he should be entitled to reasonable renumeration. Cc judge preferred H`s evidence, concluding that the parties worked on the basis of Ryde`s Scale and F would not be entitled to be paid more than the prescribed amount which the DV was authorised to allow as an element of compensation. CA held that this conclusion rendered the judgment unsustainable; the judgment could not stand and CA did not have the material to substitute its own finding on the intention of the parties on the que
650			_aCOMPENSATION
650			_aCompulsory purchase _96228
650			_aLAND COMPENSATION ACT 1973
650			_aPROFESSIONAL FEES
650			_aRYDE'S SCALE
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c15727 _d15727