Official Referees’ Business
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Chartered Society of Physiotherapy v Simmonds Church Smiles
London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 — Appeal from surveyor’s award — Whether appellate court entitled to receive additional evidence not before surveyor — Whether appellate court’s jurisdiction limited
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Bigg and another v Howard Son & Gooch
Negligence — Structural survey — Failure to detect substantial structural defects — Liability admitted during trial leaving issue as to damages only — Movement of walls due to inadequate design…
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Broadoak Properties Ltd v Young & White
Negligence — Structural survey — Preliminary issue in action against surveyors — Present proceedings did not determine the question of liability but only the basis on which, assuming that liability…
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Midland Bank plc v Bardgrove Property Services Ltd and others
Natural right of support for land — Action by owners against adjoining proprietors and others claiming damages for alleged wrongful interference with the plaintiffs’ natural right of support and for…
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Crown Estate Commissioners v Town Investments Ltd (National Westminster Bank plc, third party)
Landlord and tenant — Breach of repairing covenant — Failure to yield up in repair — Landlord incurring costs of repair — Subtenants granted new tenancies under Part II of…
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Hafton Properties Ltd v Camp and another
Landlord and tenant — Repairs — Covenants to be performed by management company — Whether covenant can be implied to make lessor liable for breach of management company’s covenants
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Henley v Cloke & Sons
Negligence — Valuation for mortgage — Valuer appointed by lenders — Duty of valuer — Distortion in front bay of house purchased by plaintiffs in reliance on defendants’ report –…
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Heatley and another v William H Brown Ltd
Negligence–Structural survey–Whether chartered surveyor negligent–Assessment of damages
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Hiron and others v Pynford South Ltd and others
Negligence — Whether engineers and surveyors owed common law duty of care — Whether causes of action statute-barred — Whether warranties given
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BNP Mortgages Ltd v Barton Cook & Sams
Negligence– Valuation for mortgage lender– Whether 15% range of values suitable bracket– Determination of true value
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Shortlands Investments Ltd v Cargill plc
Landlord and tenant — Terminal dilapidations — Effect of tenant demand for new specifications — Negative reversionary value — Whether cost of repairs measure of damages — Proper application of…
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Watts and another v Morrow
Negligence — Claim against building surveyor — Husband and wife wished to purchase a trouble-free country property — Reliance on surveyor’s report that, although there were defects, the house was…