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035			_a(Sirsi) u6454
041			_aeng
245			_aWestlake and another v Bracknell District Council
260			_c1987
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v282(6334) 16 May 1987, 868-872(3)
520			_aQBD 23 January 1987. Action alleging negligence by an employee of the district council over the loan for a mortgage on a house. The plaintiffs applied for a loan by way of a mortgage to the council. Before granting the loan, the defendants instructed their surveyor to inspect the house. The resulting report stated the house was in good structural and decorative order, and valued at 11,750. The council offered a loan of 10,900. The plaintiffs did not have an independent survey, but relied on a letter from the authority confirming that it afforded security for the loan. Soon after moving in, they noticed a gap between skirting board and floor in one room. A further inspection was made on behalf of the authority and the plaintiffs were reassured there was nothing to worry about and that it was due to settlement . Some years later the plaintiffs tried to sell the house but it proved unsaleable. A more detailed examination showed settlement of the original house, and the plaintiffs sued t
650			_aLOCAL AUTHORITY
650			_aMORTGAGE VALUATION
650			_aSTRUCTURAL SURVEYS
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c3876 _d3876