Negligence action against local authority and builder fails
Negligence action against local authority and builder fails
- 1988
- Times 2/6/88 p43 .
In "Audsley and another v Leeds City Council and another" , QBD 6 May 1988, the house-owners` claim for damages for loss and inconvenience was dismissed. They alleged negligence and/or breach of statutory duty by the council and a builder who had been engaged by the previous house-owner to erect an extension. Though the extension had building defects , failure by the previous house-owner to assign the right to sue for negligence was fatal to an otherwise good claim.
ANNS AND OTHERS V MERTON LBC
ASSIGNMENT
AUDSLEY AND ANOTHER V LEEDS CITY COUNCIL AND ANOTHER
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING ELEMENTS-COMPLETE BUILDING ELEMENTS-FOUNDATIONS
LIMITATION PERIOD
PIRELLI GENERAL CABLE WORKS LTD V OSCAR FABER AND PARTNERS
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1936
In "Audsley and another v Leeds City Council and another" , QBD 6 May 1988, the house-owners` claim for damages for loss and inconvenience was dismissed. They alleged negligence and/or breach of statutory duty by the council and a builder who had been engaged by the previous house-owner to erect an extension. Though the extension had building defects , failure by the previous house-owner to assign the right to sue for negligence was fatal to an otherwise good claim.
ANNS AND OTHERS V MERTON LBC
ASSIGNMENT
AUDSLEY AND ANOTHER V LEEDS CITY COUNCIL AND ANOTHER
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING ELEMENTS-COMPLETE BUILDING ELEMENTS-FOUNDATIONS
LIMITATION PERIOD
PIRELLI GENERAL CABLE WORKS LTD V OSCAR FABER AND PARTNERS
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1936