Negligence
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Courage Ltd v Westminster City Council
Collapse of underground vault — Cavity over sewer laid in 1922 — Landowner’s cause of action held to lie only in negligence — Not barred by time — No negligence…
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Campbell v Edwards
Valuer instructed by landlord and tenant jointly to assess surrender value of lease–Law transformed by Arenson appeal in House of Lords–Parties bound by valuer’s figure even though valuer be negligent–Aggrieved…
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Knight and another v Lawrence
Negligence — Action against receiver appointed by mortgagees — Borrowers had mortgaged tenanted properties, in many cases subject to rent reviews — Failure by receiver to serve trigger notices in…
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Halifax plc v Gould & Swayne and others
Negligence — Solicitors — Mortgage loan — Duty of care — Summary judgment — Solicitors acting for lender in shared ownership scheme — Whether solicitors failed to obtain written approval…
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Dennis and another v Charnwood Borough Council
Appeal from decision of Forbes J in an action against a local authority of the Anns v Merton London Borough Council type — Issues as to liability of local authority…
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Ehmler and another v Hall
Negligence — Damaged building — Lease temporarily relieves tenant of obligation to pay rent — Whether landlord entitled to recover loss of rents from tortfeasor
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Wilson and another v Baxter Payne & Lepper
Action by purchaser of house against surveyors alleging negligence and breach of duty — While the case was being opened on behalf of the plaintiffs liability on the part of…
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Hackner v Thomas Deal & Co
Negligence–Structural survey–House purchased in expensive London area found to be seriously infested by dry rot–Action against surveyors alleging negligence or breach of contract–Conflict of expert evidence–Decision in favour of defendant…
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Rajdev v Becketts (a firm)
Negligence — Rent review provisions — Tenant’s action against surveyors — Review clauses in tenant’s underlease — Plaintiff tenant’s complaint in essence that defendant surveyors, instructed by him to act…
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Pirelli General Cable Works Ltd v Oscar Faber & Partners
Ruling by House of Lords on important question, to which previous decisions had given conflicting answers, as to when time begins to run, for the purpose of the Limitation Acts,…
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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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Department of the Environment v Thomas Bates & Son Ltd
Negligence — Liability of builder in tort — ‘Yet another variant of a vexed question’ of liability for economic loss — Whether cost of remedial work undertaken in advance of…