000			01206cab a2200181 4500
001			ABS38688
008			090401t1988 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u11968
041			_aeng
245			_aErnst and Whinney v Willard Engineering (Dagenham) Ltd and others
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aConstruction Law Journal _v3(4) 1988, 292-299(8)
520			_aORC 15 April 1987. The plaintiffs (EW) took an assignment of a lease on an office development in 1981. Before occupation substantial rebuilding was carried out. While testing the air conditioning ductwork it was found to be faulty. EW brought an action against the mechanical and electrical consultant engineers (S), the nominated subcontractors (E) and the ductwork subcontractors (W) alleging the defects were due to negligence . The judge found against EW on the grounds that E and S did not owe EW a duty of care . EW was not entitled to recover damages in respect of defects existing before their acquisition of any interest in the building and therefore was not entitled to damages in respect of any duty of care by E and S.
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c7650 _d7650