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035			_a(Sirsi) u53444
041			_aeng
245			_aHacker v Thomas Deal & Co
260			_c1991
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v1991 44 EG 173-182(6)
520			_aQBD 25 January 1991. An action against surveyors (T) alleging negligence or breach of contract in carrying out a structural survey of a house in London SW1. On commencement of refurbishment work, the property was found to be infested by dry rot, although nothing had been mentioned in the survey report. The remedial work required the whole of the kitchen to be stripped out. At the trial there was a conflict of expert evidence. The judge accepted that surveyor who had carried out the survey on behalf of T, had not been aware of the dry rot. He was not satisfied that T had failed to take the standard of care demanded of the ordinary skilled surveyor carrying out a structural survey. Action dismissed with costs.
650			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING PATHOLOGY-INFESTATION (FUNGAL)-FUNGI-DRY ROT
650			_aDUTY OF CARE
650			_aMEASURE OF DAMAGES
650			_aMIRROR
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
650			_aSTRUCTURAL SURVEYS
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c32944 _d32944