Valuation Negligence: Boom, bust and back to basics

Walker Morris LLP | Property Law Journal | July/August 2015 #333
The law, like the property market, does not stand still. Against the backdrop of a market that is rising rapidly in places, Jonathan Brooks and Sandip Singh look at some of the key issues to come out of recent valuation negligence case law ‘As the availability and accuracy of data and resources improve and as …

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Civil Procedure Rules: Payment on account of costs – what is the right percentage?

Thirteen Old Square Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | May 2014 #125
Robert Bourne considers a siginificant but often overlooked reform, the arrival of CPR 44.2(8) ‘The costs ordered to be paid will be those that “reflect a reasonable assessment of what was likely to be awarded.”’ In recent years it has been recognised that if a party is bound to receive a certain part of the …

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Professional Negligence: High water marks and some respite for surveyors

DAC Beachcroft LLP | Property Law Journal | September 2011 #276
Charlie Bending and Robert Jones look at the outcome of the decision in Scullion, which will be welcomed by surveyors and valuers alike ‘The first instance decision in Scullion had been viewed by many as opening the floodgates to a rush of claims from a new category of claimant.’The recent decision in the case of …

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