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035			_a(Sirsi) u8753
041			_aeng
245			_aAdvance Drilling & Grouting Ltd v Brain Haulage Ltd and others
260			_c1987
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490			_aEstates Gazette _v283(6345) 1 August 1987, 555-559(3)
520			_aCA 5 November 1986. Appeal against a cc decision on an issue arising between the appellants, the first defendants (site owners) and the third defendants, a firm of architects employed by them to sink a number of boreholes , as part of a soil survey requested by a prospective purchaser of the site. It was envisaged that the cost of this work would be included in the selling price of the land and would therefore be met indirectly by the purchaser. However, the cost of the boreholes was higher than expected and the purchase of the site did not go ahead. At all points during the negotiations the site owners made it clear to the architects that they would not meet the cost of drilling, despite having given the go ahead. The question before the cc was who should pay the costs and judgement was given against the site owners. CA held, dismissing the subsequent appeal, that the attempted disavowel of liability did not prevent the architects from having authority to act, which was clear from a
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c5429 _d5429