Cases - Birmingham Midshires Building Society v Richard Pamplin & Co

Record details

Name

Birmingham Midshires Building Society v Richard Pamplin & Co

Date

[1996]

Citation

EGCS 3

Legislation

Civil Procedure Rules

Keywords

Negligence in valuations and surveys

Summary

The defendant carried out a mortgage valuation of a maisonette, which was situated in an area with which he was not very familiar. He was held negligent in failing to make up for his lack of local knowledge by carrying out extensive local enquiries, since such enquiries would have revealed suitable comparables.