Syrett v Carr and Neave
Syrett v Carr and Neave
- 1990
- Estates Gazette (1990) 48 EG 118-126(5) .
QBD 31 July 1990. Damages awarded to S to correct her property infested with death watch beetle , unnoticed by a surveyor making a report on the house restricted to items of major expenditure, was based on the cost of repairs assessed as at the date they were to be done and not on the diminution in value of the property.
MEASURE OF DAMAGES
NEGLIGENCE
STRUCTURAL SURVEY
DIMINUTION IN VALUE
QBD 31 July 1990. Damages awarded to S to correct her property infested with death watch beetle , unnoticed by a surveyor making a report on the house restricted to items of major expenditure, was based on the cost of repairs assessed as at the date they were to be done and not on the diminution in value of the property.
MEASURE OF DAMAGES
NEGLIGENCE
STRUCTURAL SURVEY
DIMINUTION IN VALUE