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001			ABS65658
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035			_a(Sirsi) u118554
245			_aSmith v Peter North & Partners
260			_c2002
490			_aProperty, Planning and Compensation Reports _v[2002] 1 P&CR 480-492(7)
520			_aCA 8 October 2001. The appellants (S) had retained the respondent (P) to carry out a survey of a property which they were interested in buying. The report stated clearly that the property was in a poor state of repair. S purchased the property, allegedly in reliance on S's report, for £330 000. Subsequently it was discovered that repairs were needed at a cost of some £130 000. S issued proceedings for negligence. S sought damages in 2000 claiming that P had failed to advise them of the actual structural condition of the property. HH Judge Seymour made summary judgment that the appropriate measure of damages that could be awarded to S was the diminution in value and not the cost of repairs of £130 000. "Held" the appeal was dismissed.
590			_aABS
650			_aSMITH V PETER NORTH & PARTNERS
650			_aREAL PROPERTY
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
650			_aCOST
650			_aREPAIRS
650			_aDIMINUTION IN VALUE
650			_aMEASURE OF DAMAGES
650			_aREPAIRS
690			_aPROPERTY AND LAND LAW-CASE LAW
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999			_c70598 _d70598