£63,000 for deceived housebuyer

£63,000 for deceived housebuyer - 1995 - Daily Telegraph 25 January 1995, 3 Observer 29 January 1995, 16(1) .

£63,000 has been awarded to a homeowner as compensation for loss in value to a property caused by construction of a bypass close by, the prospect of which had been withheld by the former owner, a councillor who knew of the scheme when he bought the house six months earlier.


COMPENSATION
LEGAL SEARCHES
LOSS IN VALUE
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
PROPERTY-INFRASTRUCTURE-TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE-ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
VENDOR AND PURCHASER