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Negligence action against local authority and builder fails

Language: English Series: Times ; 2/6/88 p43Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: In "Audsley and another v Leeds City Council and another" , QBD 6 May 1988, the house-owners` claim for damages for loss and inconvenience was dismissed. They alleged negligence and/or breach of statutory duty by the council and a builder who had been engaged by the previous house-owner to erect an extension. Though the extension had building defects , failure by the previous house-owner to assign the right to sue for negligence was fatal to an otherwise good claim.
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In "Audsley and another v Leeds City Council and another" , QBD 6 May 1988, the house-owners` claim for damages for loss and inconvenience was dismissed. They alleged negligence and/or breach of statutory duty by the council and a builder who had been engaged by the previous house-owner to erect an extension. Though the extension had building defects , failure by the previous house-owner to assign the right to sue for negligence was fatal to an otherwise good claim.