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Rewriting defective premises law

Rewriting defective premises law The House of Lords has just taken a bulldozer to defective premises law in the shape of D. & F. Estates v Church Commissioners 1988 3 WLR 368, which will be published in the next issue of the Journal. The facts were reported fully in Structural Survey 63 when the Court of Appeal considered the case, but relate mainly to defective plastering carried out by subcontractors. The owners and occupiers of the premises unsuccessfully sued the main contractors for failing to supervise the subcontractors. This point was fairly narrow, but the House of Lords took the opportunity to declare its new views on building law generally. Textbook writers and practitioners, who have become accustomed to working with Anns v London Borough of Merlon 1978 AC 728 and its successors, will need to take considerable notice of the resulting picture. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Structural Survey Emerald Publishing

Rewriting defective premises law

Ross, M.G.
Structural Survey , Volume 7 (2): 4 – Feb 1, 1989
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Emerald Publishing
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0263-080X
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10.1108/eb006312
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The House of Lords has just taken a bulldozer to defective premises law in the shape of D. & F. Estates v Church Commissioners 1988 3 WLR 368, which will be published in the next issue of the Journal. The facts were reported fully in Structural Survey 63 when the Court of Appeal considered the case, but relate mainly to defective plastering carried out by subcontractors. The owners and occupiers of the premises unsuccessfully sued the main contractors for failing to supervise the subcontractors. This point was fairly narrow, but the House of Lords took the opportunity to declare its new views on building law generally. Textbook writers and practitioners, who have become accustomed to working with Anns v London Borough of Merlon 1978 AC 728 and its successors, will need to take considerable notice of the resulting picture.

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Structural Survey – Emerald Publishing

Published: Feb 1, 1989

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