000			01483cab a2200181 4500
001			ABS41093
008			090401t1989 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u28180
041			_aeng
245			_aFrost and Another v Moody Homes Ltd and Others; Hoskisson and Another v Donal Moody Ltd
260			_c1989
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490			_aCILL _v(1989) CILL 505-507(2)
520			_aORC 2 March 1989 The plaintiffs (H) bought a house on a development by the Moody companies (M). H alleged that M was negligent and in breach of a NHBC contract by providing a house with faulty foundations . M refused to buy back the property but agreed to carry out repair works at their own expense and pay compensation to H. Despite this work, further cracks appeared in the house and engineers reports were sent to the insurers. The insurers expert prepared drawings and specification for underpinning and priced work that he considered necessary. He was firmly convinced that the house was suffering from heave . The total cost came to £87,161. In the end, H sold the house without carrying out the works and claimed for loss, inconvenience and distress and alleged that to mitigate their loss they sold the house for £105,000, but if it had not suffered defects the market value would have been £165,000, a loss of £60,000. ORC held 1) that in negligence M owed at the very least to H a duty t
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c19002 _d19002