Cases - Upstone v GDW Carnegie & Co

Record details

Name

Upstone v GDW Carnegie & Co

Date

[1978]

Citation

SLT 4

Keywords

Negligence in valuations and surveys

Summary

The claimant purchased a house following a negligent survey by the defendants that failed to reveal certain defects. At the trial, the valuation evidence established that, notwithstanding these defects, the house had been worth what the purchaser had paid for it. The purchaser was accordingly held entitled only to nominal damages for breach of contract.