Surveyor
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K/S Lincoln and others v CB Richard Ellis Hotels Ltd
Hotel – Valuation — Negligent misstatement — Defendant valuer making errors in method of valuation — Whether defendant reaching valuation within permissible bracket of error — Whether defendant liable in…
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Scullion v Bank of Scotland plc (t/a Colleys)
Buy-to-let property – Valuation – Duty of care – Defendant’s surveyor valuing property for mortgagee in connection with buy-to-let transaction – Claimant purchasing property in reliance on valuation and estimated…
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Scullion v Bank of Scotland plc (t/a Colleys)
Professional negligence – Surveyor
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Cairns v Christie Owen & Davies plc (t/a Christie & Co)
Surveyor – Negligent valuation – Public house – Surveyor with defendant firm instructed to value public house for purpose of sale by claimant – Whether taking incorrect approach to valuation…
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PP 2009/84
Professional negligence
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Earl of Malmesbury and others v Strutt & Parker and others
Car parking – Lease – First defendant surveyor negotiating lease of land for car parking – Lease failing to include rent reflecting car-park turnover – Claimant landowners claiming first defendant…
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PP 2005/4
A recent Chancery Division case emphasised that, when advising on an agreement for sale with overage provisions, it is important to ascertain whether future development of the land is likely.
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PP 2004/14
The courts have upheld several professional negligence claims over the past few months, including:. – Maden v Clifford Coppock & Carter (a firm) [2004] EWCA Civ 1037; [2004] PLSCS 203;.
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PP 2003/17
Threat of continuing subsidence: Admission of hindsight evidence. For modelling purposes, imagine that eight months ago you paid £5,000 for a horse on the strength of a favourable expert veterinary…
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PP 2002/144
Q In a survey carried out last year, my firm failed to report certain defects that admittedly should have been reported.
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PP 2002/22
A surveyor may have been careless, but a number of issues may have to be resolved before he is found to have been negligent.
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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…