The architect's contract
Morrissy, J.
The architect's contract - 2003 - Estates Gazette (0334) 23 August 2003, 58(1) .
Considers "Baxall Securities Ltd v Sheard Walshaw Partnership" ([2002] EWCA Civ 9, Abs65463) and "Bellefield Computer Services v E Turner and Sons Ltd" ([2002] EWCA Civ 1823, [2002] Lloyd's Report PN 53) outlining the scope of an architect's duty owed to a subsequent occupier. Suggests that architects cannot be held liable if a defect would have been discovered by a survey and stresses that the extent of an architect's retainer can limit the scope or his of her duty of care. (See also Abs65303).
BAXALL SECURITIES LTD AND ANOTHER V SHEARD WALSHAW PARTNERSHIP
BELLEFIELD COMPUTER SERVICES LTD AND OTHERS V E TURNER AND SONS
DUTY OF CARE
ARCHITECTS' LIABILITY
DESIGN DEFECTS
The architect's contract - 2003 - Estates Gazette (0334) 23 August 2003, 58(1) .
Considers "Baxall Securities Ltd v Sheard Walshaw Partnership" ([2002] EWCA Civ 9, Abs65463) and "Bellefield Computer Services v E Turner and Sons Ltd" ([2002] EWCA Civ 1823, [2002] Lloyd's Report PN 53) outlining the scope of an architect's duty owed to a subsequent occupier. Suggests that architects cannot be held liable if a defect would have been discovered by a survey and stresses that the extent of an architect's retainer can limit the scope or his of her duty of care. (See also Abs65303).
BAXALL SECURITIES LTD AND ANOTHER V SHEARD WALSHAW PARTNERSHIP
BELLEFIELD COMPUTER SERVICES LTD AND OTHERS V E TURNER AND SONS
DUTY OF CARE
ARCHITECTS' LIABILITY
DESIGN DEFECTS