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001			ABS38963
008			090401t1988 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u13524
041			_aeng
245			_aStrover v Harrington
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(8809) 5 March 1988, 61-70(6)
520			_aChD 2 December 1987 Action by Mr and Mrs Strover (S), the purchasers of a house, claiming damages for misrepresentation and negligent misstatement against the vendors Mr and Mrs Harrington (H) and damages for negligence against H`s surveyors . H had instructed their estate agents to prepare particulars of sale which amongst other things stated that the house enjoyed mains drainage . S agreed to purchase the house subject to contract. After the solicitors were instructed, H`s agents wrote to S`s solicitors stating that the sale particulars were inaccurate and there was no main drainage. Unfortunately this information was not passed on to S. H however repeated the misrepresentation in a conversation with S`s surveyor and it was confirmed in the survey report that the house enjoyed main drainage. ChD held that S`s surveyors had not been negligent in relying on the vendor`s assertion and stated that, as a professional, the surveyor could only be held liable for negligence if he acted in
650			_aHOUSE PURCHASE
650			_aSTRUCTURAL SURVEY
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c8713 _d8713