Adelaide Fruit & Produce Exchange Co Ltd v Adelaide Corporation [1961] HCA 20

Adelaide Fruit & Produce Exchange Co Ltd v Adelaide Corporation [1961] HCA 20

Damages for severance and enhancement of value to retained land must be assessed at the date of hearing, not at the date at which land value is assessed, and the trial Judge appropriately used his discretion in assessing these and determining the costs order under the relevant statutory provisions.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment
Outcome
Appeal and cross-appeal dismissed.
Legal Topics
['compensation for Compulsory Acquisition' 'assessment of Compensation' 'injurious Affection' 'enhancement (betterment)' 'costs Order']
['compulsory Acquisition' 'property Law' 'local Government Law'] ['compensation for Compulsory Acquisition' 'assessment of Compensation' 'injurious Affection' 'enhancement (betterment)' 'costs Order']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether damages for severance, injurious affection, and disturbance were correctly allowed in compensation for compulsorily acquired land' 'Whether deduction for enhancement (betterment) of retained land was correctly computed' 'Whether damages for severance and deduction for enhancement should be assessed at different dates' 'Whether Court correctly exercised discretion in making costs order']

Ratio Decidendi

Damages for severance and enhancement of value to retained land must be assessed at the date of hearing, not at the date at which land value is assessed, and the trial Judge appropriately used his discretion in assessing these and determining the costs order under the relevant statutory provisions.

Court Disposition

Appeal and cross-appeal dismissed.

Orders

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