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001			ABS42427
008			090401t1990 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u36729
041			_aeng
245			_aBigg and another v Howard Son and Gooch
260			_c1990
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(1990) 12 EG 111-120(5)
520			_aORC 12 February 1990. This action was brought by (B) for damages for breach of contract by their surveyors (H). H made a structural survey of a property for B and advised in a written report as to its structure and condition. On the basis of this B bought the house for £56,520. The breach involved a lack of reasonable care and skill in carrying out the survey and giving the advice and manifested in a failure to detect or report upon substantial structural defects . At first H denied the charge but on the second day of the hearing admitted liability, the only question to be decided was damages . The defect consisted of the front and rear walls being forced slightly apart due to inadequate design of the roof . It was agreed that at the date of purchase the property could have been stabalised and made sound and that the measure of damages should be that established by Perry v Sidney Philips and Son (1982) ie the difference between the price paid for the house and the price a purchaser c
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c23776 _d23776