Valuation
Valuation
- 1998
- Estates Gazette [1998] EGCS 182 (16/01/99) .
"Byrne and others v Hall Pain & Foster and others" CA 11 December 1998. Property was valued by defendants and then purchased by the plaintiff. Defects then came to light and the plaintiff claimed damages for negligent valuation and issued a wit six years after exchange of contracts. At issue was whether six-year limitation period applied. Jufge found action to be time-barred. Appeal dismissed.
BYRNE AND OTHERS V HALL PAIN & FOSTER AND OTHERS
LATENT DAMAGE ACT 1980
LIMITATION PERIOD
NEGLIGENT VALUATION
TIME-BARRED
"Byrne and others v Hall Pain & Foster and others" CA 11 December 1998. Property was valued by defendants and then purchased by the plaintiff. Defects then came to light and the plaintiff claimed damages for negligent valuation and issued a wit six years after exchange of contracts. At issue was whether six-year limitation period applied. Jufge found action to be time-barred. Appeal dismissed.
BYRNE AND OTHERS V HALL PAIN & FOSTER AND OTHERS
LATENT DAMAGE ACT 1980
LIMITATION PERIOD
NEGLIGENT VALUATION
TIME-BARRED