Negligence
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Lloyd v Butler and another
Negligence — Mortgage loan — Valuation report — Allegation that valuer failed to draw attention to matters that required serious investigation, which would have revealed radical defects — Nature of…
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Department of the Environment v Thomas Bates & Son Ltd and others
Negligence — Liability of builders — Appellant department’s case, based on Anns v Merton London Borough Council, demolished by contemporaneous decision in Murphy v Brentwood District Council that Anns was…
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Swingcastle Ltd v Gibson
Negligence — Valuation — Action by mortgagees against valuer — No contest as to liability — Questions of importance in regard to measure of damages — Baxter v F W…
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D & F Estates Ltd and others v Church Commissioners for England and others
Negligence — Duty of care — Fault of subcontractors failing to follow manufacturers’ instructions in regard to application of plaster — Whether main contractors liable to lessees and occupiers of…
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Harris and another v Wyre Forest District Council and another
Negligence — Duty of care — Disclaimer of liability — Mortgage valuation — Appeal from decision of Schiemann J in favour of houseowners — Review of authorities — Although Court…
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Nash and another v Evens & Matta
Negligence — Action by owners of flat against surveyors alleging negligence in a valuation report to a building society in connection with plaintiffs’ purchase of the flat — Plaintiffs purchased…
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Sansom and another v Metcalfe Hambleton & Co
Negligence — Structural survey — Chartered surveyor — Whether court entitled to find negligence by chartered surveyor on evidence of structural engineer — Whether evidence of structural engineer admissible
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Roberts and another v J Hampson & Co
Negligence — Mortgage valuation — Three schemes offered by building society, namely, (1) where the valuer’s client was the building society, although a copy of the valuation was provided to…
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Brace v South East Regional Housing Association Ltd and another
This was an appeal from a decision of Mr Michael Wheeler QC, sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court, on a claim based on nuisance and negligence brought…
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Weedon and another v Hindwood Clarke & Esplin
Professional negligence–Did surveyor fail to take advantage in clients’ interests of the Baptist Chapel case when handling in 1969 a compensation claim based on 1962-63 notices to treat?–Yes–Measure of damages…
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Teasdale v Williams & Co
Negligence — Damages — Measure of damages for negligence of solicitors in dealing with application for a new tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 — Time lost in…
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Lewisham Investment Partnership Ltd and another v Morgan
Negligence — Expert determination of rent review — Whether wrong to use overall rather than zoning method — Whether wrong to reject assumption that hypothetical tenant would subdivide — Whether…