Negligence
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Lees and another v English & Partners
Survey and report for purchase on 1880 house with 1961 additions–Bad ‘tie’ between old and new brickwork–No cracking visible but no warning to purchaser of possible effects of bad tie–Breach…
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Westlake and another v Bracknell District Council
Negligence — Action against local authority on the ground of negligence by an employee in authority’s surveyor’s department in reporting on a house with a view to a loan by…
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Sutherland v C R Maton & Sons Ltd
Negligence–Second purchaser’s claim against builder of seven-year-old house succeeds–Builder cannot rely on purchaser’s failure to obtain full structural survey–Crack visible when purchaser bought could have been caused merely by soil…
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Perry v Sidney Phillips & Son (a firm)
Claim by purchaser of house against surveyors for breach of contract and negligence — Substantial defects not disclosed in survey report — Appeal from decision of deputy High Court judge…
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Izzard and another v Field Palmer (a firm) and others
Negligence — Surveyors – Mortgage valuation report — Industrial building system — Practice of valuation surveyors — Published warnings of BRE relating to building system — Whether surveyor required to…
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Howard and another v Horne & Sons
Negligence — House Buyer’s Report and Valuation — Action by buyers of house against firm of surveyors instructed by building society — Condition of electrical wiring — Liability established –…
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Civic Structures Ltd v Clark Quinney & Co
Negligence–Action by purchasers of property for development against estate agents–Complaint that agents’ advice as to expected yield from completed development was wrong and in breach of contract and duty of…
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Gibbs and another v Arnold Son & Hockley
Negligence alleged — Valuation report for loan on mortgage — Loan of 100% of purchase price for purchase of end-of-terrace Victorian house at £19,500 — Defendant firm instructed to value…
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Robins v Meadows & Moran
Negligence — Action against solicitors for negligence and breach of duty — Lack of due care in serving notices of termination of tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954,…
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PP 2001/56
Q As a surveyor mainly concerned with residential properties, my attention was naturally drawn to Farley v Skinner [2001] 48 EG 131 and [2001] 49 EG 120, where the House…
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PP 2001/14
Liability of employee surveyor to solicitor. If you are being interviewed for a responsible position with a professional firm you will not be inclined (unless banging on about nettle grasping)…
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Gooden v Northamptonshire County Council
Negligence –– Duty of care –– Local authority enquiries –– Sale of land –– Local authority providing reply in relation to public highways and highways maintainable at public expense ––…