Homepace Limited V Sita South East Limited [electronic resource]
Language: English Publication details: 2007Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: [2007] EWHC 629 (Ch), 30 March 2007. Considers whether a mineral exhaustion certificate provided by a surveyor is valid if that surveyor has departed from his terms of reference in error. The claimant submitted that it was clear from correspondence between the surveyor and defendant that the surveyor had misunderstood the task given and had performed his valuation upon only the crushed rock and not upon all materials as instructed. The defendant argued that the certificate had been granted and was final. "Held": It was found that since the surveyor had departed from his instructions and given his valuation based on different materials to those intended, the certificate was null and not binding. The claim was upheld.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Law report | Virtual Online | ONLINE PUBLICATION (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 138134-1001 |
[2007] EWHC 629 (Ch), 30 March 2007. Considers whether a mineral exhaustion certificate provided by a surveyor is valid if that surveyor has departed from his terms of reference in error. The claimant submitted that it was clear from correspondence between the surveyor and defendant that the surveyor had misunderstood the task given and had performed his valuation upon only the crushed rock and not upon all materials as instructed. The defendant argued that the certificate had been granted and was final. "Held": It was found that since the surveyor had departed from his instructions and given his valuation based on different materials to those intended, the certificate was null and not binding. The claim was upheld.