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035			_a(Sirsi) u32182
041			_aeng
245			_aHipkins and Another v Jack Cotton Partnership
260			_c1989
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(1989) 45 EG 163-168(4)
520			_aQBD 22 May 1989 An action for damages for professional negligence by Hipkins and another (H) against a firm of chartered surveyors (J), in respect of a report by J in relation to the purchase of a semi-detached house . J had provided a mortgage valution for an insurance company and a structural survey for H. In neither of the two reports was there any mention of cracks indicating subsidence affecting the property. ChD held that any prudent surveyor would have seen the cracks and considered why they were there. J were in breach of their duty of care and in consequence, H had purchased a house which they would not have bought if they had been properly advised. With regard to the correct measure of damages , H contended for cost of repairs and J contended for diminution of value . On consideration of a number of authorities, ChD deduced that in negligent survey cases damages are usually measured by diminution in value. This, however, is not an absolute and invariable rule and in the cir
650			_aBUILDING DEFECTS
650			_aSURVEYORS
690			_aPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c21597 _d21597