000			01492cab a2200193 4500
001			ABS38733
008			090401t1988 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u12189
041			_aeng
245			_aNash and another v Evens & Matta
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(8804) 30 January 1988, 131-137(4)
520			_aQBD 11 June 1987. An action by the plaintiffs (P) against the defendants (D), a firm of surveyors and estate agents . P alleged a breach of duty of care and negligence in a valuation report to a building society, when they purchased a flat. Briefly, P purchased a flat for £13,750 in 1981. The building society loaned £1,500 with a proviso that the security of the flat was limited to £10,312. P decided against an independent survey, relying on the building society valuation inspection. Two years later, P tried to sell the flat. The intending purchasers obtained a report and valuation from another surveyor, who noticed vertical cracks in the walls, and advised them to have a structural survey . It was discovered that the walls were cavity walls and the wall ties had rusted causing the cracks. The intending purchasers withdrew, and when P also found damp and rotting floorboards, decided to sue D. QBD concluded that in 1981 nothing was visible to warn D as to the potential problems, and t
650			_aSURVEYORS
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c7799 _d7799