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035			_a(Sirsi) u24501
041			_aeng
245			_aCross and Another v David Martin and Mortimer
260			_c1989
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(1989) 10 EG 110-118(5)
520			_aQBD 18 November 1988 Action by Mr and Mrs Cross (C) against David Martin and Mortimer (M), a firm of chartered surveyors , claiming damages for alleged negligence in a House Buyers Report and Valuation survey of a house purchased by C. It was contended that M had failed to warn C with regard to three specific defects: ground floor subsidence , misalignment of doors on first floor and the alteration of roof trusses in order to enable the loft to be converted into a room. Damages were measured on the Phillips v Ward principle, the difference between the price C paid for the property and the market value of the property if properly described by M, showing the defects. QBD assessed the difference at £6,000 with interest at 12.25% plus expenses.
650			_aBUILDING DEFECTS
650			_aLOFT CONVERSION
690			_aPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c16431 _d16431