Valuable guidance on defective premises

Powell-Smith, V.

Valuable guidance on defective premises - 1991 - Contract Journal 360(5842) 10 October 1991, 9(1) .

Discusses the case "Andrews v Schooling" (Abs 44623) which concerned the provision in the Defective Premises Act 1972 that states `[Any] person taking on work for or in connection with the provision of a dwelling... owes a duty that the work which he takes on is done in a workmanlike or, as the case may be, professional manner, with proper materials and so... that the dwelling may be fit for human habitation when completed`.


CELLARS
DAMP
DEFECTIVE PREMISES ACT 1972 S1(1)
DEFECTIVE PREMISES
FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION