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035			_a(Sirsi) u19222
041			_aeng
245			_aFarmer Giles Ltd v Wessex Water Authority and another
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(8842) 22 October 1988, 127-132(4)
520			_aQBD 29 April 1988. This case concerned compensation for damage caused by works carried out by Wessex Water Authority (W) and contractors; liability was admitted and the only question was the damages payable to the plaintiffs (F). The subject premises consisted of an old mill building in a poor state of repair. As a result of the authority`s works, part of a wall facing a river collapsed, the local authority condemned the building as a dangerous structure and it was demolished. W had agreed previously "to pay compensation for or make good any damage sustained as a result of carrying out the works" and the judge found that this gave W a choice between making good the damage or paying compensation for it. The measure of damages in tort was the sum which would put F in the same position as if they had not sustained the wrong. The judge held that F would be adequately compensated by an appropriate sum of money related to the use to which F intended to put the building. He arrived at a cap
690			_aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT-COMPULSORY PURCHASE AND COMPENSATION
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c12810 _d12810