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035			_a(Sirsi) u12611
041			_aeng
245			_aHarris and another v Wyre Forest DC and another
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(8805) 6 February 1988, 57-68(7)
520			_aCA 17 December 1987. Appeal by local authority (W) and a staff valuer (L), against a decision in favour of housebuyers (H), awarded £12,000 damages for negligence on the part of W and L. When H found their first house to buy they approached W for a loan. L valued the house at the asking price and recommended a 90% loan, despite noticing settlement , which he decided was a thing of the past. Three years later, when H decided to move, inspections and two surveys revealed that the house required underpinning and other repairs and was in fact unsaleable. When H brought proceedings against W and L, the judge held that 1) W was in breach of its statutory duty which required them, before advancing money, to be satisfied that the house was fit for human habitation; 2) the valuation by L was made without due care and 3) W was not entitled to rely on the disclaimer because it was invalidated by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 s2 . On appeal to CA, a considerable amount of case law was revie
650			_aMORTGAGE VALUATIONS
650			_aVALUERS
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c8061 _d8061