Horbury v Craig Hall and Rutley
Horbury v Craig Hall and Rutley
- 1991
- Construction Industry Law Letter (1991) CILL 692-694(3) .
ORC 24 May 1991. A claim against a surveyor for a negligent survey was statute barred since the unit was not issued within three years of the starting date according to Limitation Act 1980 s14A. If the claim had not been statute barred the court would have found the surveyor negligent and awarded damages based on the cost of repairs. Also it was accepted that the surveyors had a duty to clients, relying on their reports to take into account the clients` individual circumstatnces.
LATENT DAMAGE ACT 1976
LIMITATION
NEGLIGENCE
SURVEYORS
ORC 24 May 1991. A claim against a surveyor for a negligent survey was statute barred since the unit was not issued within three years of the starting date according to Limitation Act 1980 s14A. If the claim had not been statute barred the court would have found the surveyor negligent and awarded damages based on the cost of repairs. Also it was accepted that the surveyors had a duty to clients, relying on their reports to take into account the clients` individual circumstatnces.
LATENT DAMAGE ACT 1976
LIMITATION
NEGLIGENCE
SURVEYORS