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035			_a(Sirsi) u2433
041			_aeng
245			_aHadden v City of Glasgow District Council
260			_c1986
350			_a0
490			_aScots Law Times _v(1986) SLT 557-559(3)
520			_aOuter House 14 February 1986. Action against the council seeking reparation for loss and damage allegedly arising through neglect on the part of the employee who had surveyed a property before the council had offered a mortgage in connection with its purchase. A survey had been carried out by the council and on the basis of that survey had offered to make a loan to the purchaser. The purchasers were informed that such an offer did not imply that the council was satisfied about the state of the property and that it was a matter for the purchasers to decide and the council had no responsibility therefore. Following the issue of a notice requiring the execution of extensive repairs to the property, the purchasers sought to recover their losses from the council claiming that the employee who surveyed the flat had been negligent in failing to notice the defects and but for the negligence the council would not have offered and the purchasers would not have accepted the loan. Held, that the
650			_aBUILDING DEFECTS
650			_aSCOTLAND
650			_aSTRUCTURAL SURVEY
690			_aPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c1469 _d1469