Cases - Whitty v Lord Dillon

Record details

Name

Whitty v Lord Dillon

Date

(1860)

Citation

2 F&F 67

Keywords

Negligence in valuations and surveys

Summary

A valuer who was instructed to value the timber on an estate did so on an entirely erroneous basis, in that he included saplings where he should not have done so. As a result of this negligence, the valuation was inaccurate by almost 50% and so of no use to the client. It was held that the valuer was not entitled to his agreed fee.