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Dry rot claim succeeds

Language: English Series: EGCS ; (1988) 97Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: In Ackerman and Another v Protim Services Ltd and Another CA 24 June 1988 the plaintiffs` claim against Protim for breach of guarantee was upheld on the grounds that an outbreak of dry rot was reactivated by a damp inner-wall face and as the wall was not as such defective, the infestation was not "as a result" of any failure by the plaintiffs to keep the property waterproof.

In Ackerman and Another v Protim Services Ltd and Another CA 24 June 1988 the plaintiffs` claim against Protim for breach of guarantee was upheld on the grounds that an outbreak of dry rot was reactivated by a damp inner-wall face and as the wall was not as such defective, the infestation was not "as a result" of any failure by the plaintiffs to keep the property waterproof.