Negligence
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Beaumont v Humberts and others
Negligence — Duty of care — Valuation of house for insurance reinstatement purposes — Eighteen months after valuation the house was badly damaged by a fire — Plaintiff claimed that…
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Greaves & Co (Contractors) Ltd v Baynham, Meikle & Partners
Warehouse to be built by the ‘composite’ system of construction–Designers who knew that building was required to bear loaded fork-lift trucks held liable for faults caused by vibration — Design…
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Smith v Eric S Bush (a firm) ; Harris and another v Wyre Forest District Council and another
Negligence — Valuations for mortgage — Valuer’s responsibility in tort to purchaser who has relied on valuer’s report to the knowledge of the latter — Relationship ‘akin to contract’ –…
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Craneheath Securities Ltd v York Montague Ltd
Negligence — Turnover valuation of restaurant premises for loan purposes — Whether valuer negligent in relying on figures and variables used in valuation
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Bourne v McEvoy Timber Preservation Ltd
Report on timber rot, including estimate for repairs, sought by vendor of property from timber preservation firm–‘If estimate accepted, job done and paid for, otherwise firm got nothing’–Work ordered by…
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Cross and another v David Martin & Mortimer
Negligence — Action against chartered surveyors — RICS home buyer’s report and valuation — Although defendant155 surveyors had taken a lot of care, there was found to be a breach…
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Ezekiel and another v McDade and others
Negligence — Valuation for building society — Liability in tort — Whether valuer negligent — Damages for reduction in value — General damages for worry, distress and inconvenience
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Miro Properties Ltd v J Trevor & Sons
Negligence — Structural survey — Action against surveyors — At the trial the defendants admitted that the survey had not been carried out in accordance with the required standard, so…
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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…
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UCB Corporate Services Ltd v Halifax (SW) Ltd and another
Negligence — Surveyors — Mortgage loan report — Valuation on 90-day sale basis by mortgagee in possession — Whether presumption that discount applies to sale on such basis
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Hellings and another v Parker Breslin Estates
Negligence — Agents letting dwelling-house on basis of Rent Act 1977, Schedule 15, Case 11 — Whether agents negligent in not warning owner of Case 11 conditions for recovering possession
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Stewart and another v East Cambridgeshire District Council
Action against local authority for breach of duty based on alleged negligence of building inspector in failing to ensure that a house had adequate foundations–House built on site of old…