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Liability of negligent valuer

Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (9509) 4 March 1995, 319(1)Publication details: 1995Subject(s): Summary: Discusses the implications of "Banque Bruxelles Lambert SA v Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd" (1995) EGCS 31, where any negligence in the course of a mortgage valuation will henceforth operate to transfer the risk of a market collapse from the lender to the valuer, at least where, if the true value had been known, there would have been no mortgage loan at all.

Discusses the implications of "Banque Bruxelles Lambert SA v Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd" (1995) EGCS 31, where any negligence in the course of a mortgage valuation will henceforth operate to transfer the risk of a market collapse from the lender to the valuer, at least where, if the true value had been known, there would have been no mortgage loan at all.