Liability for mortgage survey
Liability for mortgage survey
- 1989
- Scotsman 19/7/89 p7 .
An claim for damages against a firm of surveyors which had carried out a mortgage survey was dismissed as the survey contained a disclaimer , in which the surveyor did not accept responsibility for accuracy of the report. The pursuers in the case Robbie v Graham & Sibbald , Court of Session, Outer House, 8 June 1989, were unable to take advantage of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 as in the Smith v Bush case since Part I does not apply in Scotland .
An claim for damages against a firm of surveyors which had carried out a mortgage survey was dismissed as the survey contained a disclaimer , in which the surveyor did not accept responsibility for accuracy of the report. The pursuers in the case Robbie v Graham & Sibbald , Court of Session, Outer House, 8 June 1989, were unable to take advantage of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 as in the Smith v Bush case since Part I does not apply in Scotland .