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  • Shifting the blame in negligence cases

    14 May 2009

    A negligent surveyor or valuer may seek to avoid or reduce the impact of liability by attributing legal responsibility to another party. There are three legal routes by which...

  • Extent of liability

    13 May 2009

    The purpose of an award of damages When a court awards damages for negligence against a negligent surveyor or valuer, the basic approach which is adopted is that...

Summary

This section informs professionals of potentially problematic areas and aids understanding of the implications for practice of negligence. Based on summaries of negligence cases with commentary by the expert author, this section discusses the liability of individual members of the firm for negligence; damages for negligent surveys and the 'margin of error' approach to establishing negligence against valuers.

This section is maintained by John Murdoch, an Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Reading.