Cases - Lowy v Woodroffe, Buchanan and Coulter

Record details

Name

Lowy v Woodroffe, Buchanan and Coulter

Date

(1950)

Citation

156 EG 375

Keywords

Negligence in valuations and surveys

Summary

The defendant surveyors stated in their report on a house that 'in view of the prevalence of dry rot in London it is impossible to guarantee every property is free'. It was held that this did not protect the surveyors from a claim that they had negligently failed to discover dry rot in the property.