Surveyors
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South Australian Asset Management Corporation v York Montague Ltd
Bank loan to purchase development site — Open market valuation — Development never built — Default on loan repayments — Site sold for less than purchase price — Plaintiffs seeking…
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Mortgage Funding Corporation plc v Conway
Residential flat — Plaintiff mortgagee asking defendants for valuation — Plaintiff accepting valuation — Default on loan — Plaintiff reselling at a loss after refurbishment — Retrospective valuation made for…
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Brophy and another v Dunphys
Alleged negligent valuation – Plaintiffs claiming damages from surveyors – Plaintiffs filling in form N2 – Whether claim against surveyors sufficiently particularised – Whether defect curable by amendment
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Holt and another v Payne Skillington and another
Purchase of property — Short-term letting — Planning permission needed for such use — Action against solicitors and surveyors for negligence in failing to advise purchasers of planning position –…
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Harris-Smith and another v James Cunniffe Partnership
Plaintiffs obtaining judgment against neighbour – Neighbour to clear obstruction blocking plaintiffs’ right of way – Defendant employed as plaintiffs’ surveyor – Defendant approving scheme for works – Right of…
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Oswald and another v Countrywide Surveyors Ltd
Residential property — Survey failing to warn adequately of presence of death watch beetle — Damages awarded to plaintiff purchasers — Appeal by defendant surveyors on assessment of damages dismissed
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Gardner and another v Marsh & Parsons and another
Surveyors failing to notice structural damage – Purchase of long lease – Purchasers discovering structural damage – Freeholders liable for structural repairs under lease – Freeholders repairing and paying for…
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Oswald and another v Countrywide Surveyors Ltd
Residential property — Survey failing to warn adequately of death watch beetle — Damages for plaintiff purchasers
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Orsank SA v Spencer Associates
Claim against surveyors for alleged negligence – Plaintiff failing to serve statement of claim – Defendant applying for order for security for costs before applying to strike out – Whether…
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Wolverhampton Ltd v Herring Son & Daw plc
Valuation of commercial property — Property company shares purchased by plaintiff — Liquidation — Plaintiff losing investment — Action by plaintiff against valuers of property — Alleged negligent valuation of…
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Hamlin and another v Edwin Evans (a firm)
Surveyor’s report — Latent defect — Failure to include in house buyers’ report — Minor defects found and claim compromised — Serious defects discovered some years later resulting in second…
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Craneheath Securities Ltd v York Montague Ltd
Hotel — Loan secured by charge on property — RICS guidance notes — Whether valuation negligent — Valuer not shown to be negligent — Action dismissed in High Court –…