Official Referees’ Business
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Green and another v Ipswich Borough Council and another
Negligence — Dismissal of allegations of negligence by purchasers of house against local authority and surveyors instructed by building society to carry out mortgage valuation — Bewildering variety of diverse…
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Syrett v Carr & Neave
Negligence — Limited survey of property — Measure of damages — Major defects — Death-watch beetle infestation — Whether damages should be based on the diminution of value principle or…
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Abbey National Mortgages plc v Key Surveyors Nationwide Ltd and others
Expert evidence — Property valuations — Whether defendant valuation surveyors entitled to call 29 experts in relation to 29 properties nationwide — Whether court should appoint expert under RSC Ord…
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Ryeford Homes Ltd and another v Sevenoaks District Council and others
Negligence — Nuisance — Rule in Rylands v Fletcher — Claims by associated building and development companies against local planning authority and a number of local houseowners — Flooding –…
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Summers and another v Congreve Horner & Co (Independent Insurance Co Ltd, third party)
Structural survey — Allegation of negligence against surveyors which they denied — Inspection carried out by assistant with less than three and a half years of practical experience — Report…
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Primeridge Ltd v Jean Muir Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Service charges — Whether landlords entitled to costs on indemnification basis following payment into court
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R L Polk & Co (Great Britain) Ltd and another v Edwin Hill & Partners
Negligence — Preliminary issue as to liability — Whether a cause of action passed to a successor in a case where damage occurred during the period of ownership of predecessor…
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Perry v Tendring District Council and others ; Thurbon v Tendring District Council and others
Negligence claims fail–Actions by houseowners against local authority, company specialising in the construction of concrete foundations, and a firm of consulting engineers, dismissed–Foundations for houses constructed on land from which…
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Stephenson v Donaldson & Sons
Unsuccessful libel action against firm of estate agents, surveyors and valuers — Claim by plaintiff, who had instructed the defendants in connection with the compulsory acquisition of his shop and…
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Bere and another v Slades
Negligence — Claim by purchasers of house against valuers for alleged negligence in a valuation for mortgage purposes — Defendants instructed by building society — Inspection carried out at the…