Claims for negligence are on the increase

Powell-Smith, V.

Claims for negligence are on the increase - 1991 - Contract Journal 360(5843) 17 October 1991, 10(1) .

Discusses the case "Summers v Congreve Horner and Co and Independent Insurance Co Ltd" (WB2727-31) where the insurer refused to indemnify the the surveyor for an alleged negligent structural survey, as the surveyor who carried out the survey was unqualified.


CASE LAW
NEGLIGENCE
PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE
STRUCTURAL SURVEYS
SURVEYORS