Cost of repairing defect
Language: English Series: Independent ; 15/7/88 p14Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: In D & F Estates Ltd and others v Church Commissioners for England and others , HL 14 July 1988, it was held that the cost of repair ing a defect in property, discovered before it had caused personal injury or damage to other property, was economic loss and therefore not recoverable in a negligence claim against the builder responsible for the defect.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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In D & F Estates Ltd and others v Church Commissioners for England and others , HL 14 July 1988, it was held that the cost of repair ing a defect in property, discovered before it had caused personal injury or damage to other property, was economic loss and therefore not recoverable in a negligence claim against the builder responsible for the defect.