Negligence
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Balcomb and another v Wards Construction (Medway) Ltd and others ; Pethybridge and another v Wards Construction (Medway) Ltd and another
Actions by purchasers of houses against builders and consulting engineers on account of cracking resulting in substantial and expensive repairs — Defective foundations due to ‘heave’ — Moisture causing London…
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Hambro Life Assurance plc v White Young & Partners and others
Negligence — Whether duty of care owed by local authority — Failure by authority to exercise due care in the approval of drawings, failure to reject drawings not complying with…
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Rae v Mars (UK) Ltd
Surveyor — Accident during survey — Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, section 2 — Negligence alleged against company in respect of factory premises — Claim by surveyor for damages — Surveyor…
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Omega Trust Co Ltd and another v Wright Son & Pepper and another
Negligence — Valuation report — Whether disclaimer effective against unknown lender — Whether duty of care negatived — Whether disclaimer satisfied reasonableness test under Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
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King v Liverpool City Council
Council tenant’s action alleging damage caused by nuisance and negligence for which council were responsible fails — Damage was caused by escape of water, owing to actions of vandals, from…
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McIntyre v Herring Son & Daw ; Johnson v Herring Son & Daw
Rating valuation — Negligence — Two actions with same issues tried together — By agreement present judgment deals only with issue of liability, questions of causation and quantum not being…
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Shaw and another v Halifax (SW) Ltd
Negligence — Preliminary issue — Assumed negligence — Damages — Plaintiffs paid higher price than defendant’s valuation — Whether plaintiffs suffered any loss — Whether damages for worry, distress and…
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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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Rumsey v Owen White & Catlin
Negligence of solicitors–Client allowed to sell with vacant possession when tenants in occupation protected by Part II of Landlord and Tenant Act 1954–Assessment of damages–Client to be placed in as…
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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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Peach and another v Iain G Chalmers & Co and others
Negligence — Valuation report — Whether defendant chartered surveyors negligent in preparation of valuation and report in misunderstanding and misdescribing construction of house
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Boyce v Rendells
Land agents succeed in appeal against decision of Bristow J finding them liable for negligence — Alleged negligence consisted of a failure to prevent, or to warn landowner of the…