Cases - Secretary of State for the Environment v Essex, Goodman & Suggitt

Record details

Name

Secretary of State for the Environment v Essex, Goodman & Suggitt

Date

(1985); [1985]

Citation

275 EG 308; 2 AII ER 69

Keywords

Negligence in valuations and surveys

Summary

The claimants, having taken a lease of a large office block, brought an action for negligence against the surveyors who had inspected the property for them. It was held that the basic limitation period began on the date when the claimants were irrevocably committed to taking the lease.