000			01606cab a2200253 4500
001			ABS42426
008			090401t1990 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u36722
041			_aeng
245			_aAllen and another v Ellis & Co
260			_c1990
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v[1990] 11 EG 78-88(4)
520			_aQBD 4 October 1989. In 1985 A purchased a house in north-west London, after obtaining a survey from the defendants E. The survey described the garage as brick built and in good condition. The basis of the negligence claim by A in respect of the survey and personal injury was the discovery of the defective condition of the garage. The walls of the garage were not brick built but made of breeze block. The roof was about 50 years old, made of corrugated asbestos sheeting, and in need of replacement. A decided to check the source of a leak from the roof. A placed a piece of blockboard on the roof, and stepped onto it. The fragile asbestos sheet gave way, A fell through and was seriously injured. The judge accepted A's personal claim that he would not have stepped onto the roof if the condition of it had been known. The judge rejected that even if E's survey was negligent, it was not the cause of A's injuries. 'Held' the plaintiffs' were entitled to £1,491.75.
650			_aDAMAGES
650			_aDIMINUTION IN VALUE
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
650			_aPROPERTY DESCRIPTION
650			_aSTRUCTURAL SURVEY
650			_aSURVEYORS
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c23773 _d23773