STUDER v BOETTCHER [2000] NSWCA 263

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : STUDER v BOETTCHER [2000] NSWCA 263 revised - 26/04/2007 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40907/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 April 2000 28 April 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 November 2000

PARTIES : Christian J Studer v Uwe Boettcher JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Sheller JA at 57; Fitzgerald JA at 60

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT EQ 4900/92 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Young J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

Appellant - in person COUNSEL : Respondent - David L Williams Appellant - in person SOLICITORS : Respondent - Minter Ellison CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - professional negligence - solicitor not negligent in preparation of case or conduct of mediation - solicitor appreciated weakness in client's case and acted properly in putting pressure on the client to settle on best available terms LEGISLATION CITED : Crown Lands Act 1989 (NSW) Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Bahr v Nicolay [No 2] (1988) 164 CLR 604 Waltons Stores Interstate Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 Chalmers v Pardoe [1963] 1 WLR 677 PC, 682 Silovi Pty Limited v Barbaro (1988) 13 NSWLR 466 Plimmer v Mayor of Wellington (1884) 9 App Cas 699 Jones v Dunkell (1959) 101 CLR 298 Harvey v Phillips (1956) 95 CLR 235 CASES CITED: Karpenko v Parvian, Courey, Cohen and Houston (1981) 117 DLR (3d) 383 Chancellor etc of Oxford University v John Steadman Design Group (1991) 7 Cons LJ 102 Finmore v Slater & Gordon (1994) 11 WAR 250 Rogers v Whittaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 Unity Insurance Broker Pty Ltd v Rocco Pezzano Pty Ltd (1998) 192 CLR 603 Tresize v National Australia Bank (1994) 122 ALR 185 Studer v Konig (unrep, McLelland CJinEq, 4/6/93) Harvey v Phillips (1956) 95 CLR 235 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs