Surveyors - valuation

Surveyors - valuation - 1996 - Estates Gazette Case Summaries [1996] EGCS 146, (1) (10/8/96) .

"Platform Home Loans Ltd v Oyston Shipways Ltd and others" ChD 29 July 1996. The plaintiff, lending funds to 70% on security of a residential property valued at £1.5m, is entitled to damages for overvaluation by defendant valuers, but is contributorily negligent to 20% in lending a high percentage on an expensive property.


CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE
HOUSE PRICES
NEGLIGENCE
PLATFORM HOME LOANS LTD V OYSTON SHIPWAYS LTD AND OTHERS
PROPERTY LENDING
Valuation