Surveyor wins negligence case
Surveyor wins negligence case
- 1989
- Independent 14/4/89 p14 .
In Eley and Another v King & Chasemore (a firm), CA 11 April 1989, it was held that a surveyor , who carried out a structural survey on a house and advised the purchasers (E) to insure against subsidence , was not guilty of negligence for failing to advise E that the house needed underpinning . The surveyor was also held to be not negligent for failing to go on the roof when there were no signs of water penetration.
BUILDING DEFECTS
CRACKS
GROUND HEAVE
LIABILITY
SETTLEMENT
In Eley and Another v King & Chasemore (a firm), CA 11 April 1989, it was held that a surveyor , who carried out a structural survey on a house and advised the purchasers (E) to insure against subsidence , was not guilty of negligence for failing to advise E that the house needed underpinning . The surveyor was also held to be not negligent for failing to go on the roof when there were no signs of water penetration.
BUILDING DEFECTS
CRACKS
GROUND HEAVE
LIABILITY
SETTLEMENT