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001			ABS45344
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035			_a(Sirsi) u52459
041			_aeng
245			_aHenry v Cloke and Sons
260			_c1991
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(1991) 37 EG 145-152(5)
520			_aORB 13 May 1991. The property was a four bedroomed house built around 1930. It was offered for sale at £78,000. Mr & Mrs H, the plaintiffs, viewed the house and made an offer of £74,000 which was accepted. They applied for a mortgage. The form stated that the mortgagors, NatWest, would get a valuation survey done, a copy of which would be sent to Mr & Mrs H, but `without responsibility to Mr & Mrs H, by the valuer or NatWest for its content. The defendants, C, are surveyors and valuers instructed by NatWest to complete the survey. This was done and a standard NatWest form completed which contains various statements to the effect that this is not a structural survey and that C held no responsibility for it to Mr & Mrs H. In the report C stated that there were no signs of subsidence despite noticing distortion to the front bay window, attributed to war damage. H notice this distortion after buying the property. The cracking was monitored and appeared to stop within a year. It was held
650			_aBUILDING SURVEYORS
650			_aDAMAGES
650			_aDUTY OF CARE
650			_aMEASURE OF DAMAGES
650			_aMORTGAGE VALUATIONS
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
650			_aSUBSIDENCE
650			_aSURVEYORS
690			_aPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c32493 _d32493