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001			ABS37016
008			090401t1986 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u1573
041			_aeng
245			_aGP & P Ltd v Bulcraig & Davis and Another
260			_c1986
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v280 (6306) 18 October 1986, 356-364 (7)
520			_aQBD 22 July 1986. Action against solicitors and chartered surveyors for negligence and breach of duty in respect of the acquisition of a lease of office premises.The complaint was that damage had been caused to the plaintiffs, who were in business as advertising agents , by the defendants` failure to discover that the premises purchased by the plaintiffs were in part subject to a user restriction which rendered them unsuitable for the plaintiffs` purposes. The use of the ground floor was restricted to offices connected with the printing trade only. Discussing the duty of a surveyor in such an acquisition, the QBD held that a surveyor had a duty to make inquiries from a planning authority, but not in general to carry out a personal search of the local authority`s planning register. The surveyor in the present case had received a negative reply to an inquiry by telephone as to the existence of any relevant entries on the register. In some cases the answer to a telephone inquiry may be
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c888 _d888