Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [1997] All ER (D) 133
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Morritt, Thorpe and Potter LJJ

Representation Nicholas Patten QC and Andrew P D Walker (instructed by Rosling King) for Platform.
  Simon Berry QC (instructed by Williams Davies Meltzer) for the first defendant.
  Patrick Lawrence (instructed by Dibb Lupton Alsop) for the second and fourth defendants.
Judgment Dates: 19 December 1997

Catchwords

Damages - Negligent valuation - Loan made in reliance on negligent valuation - Contributory negligence of lender - Whether 'damage' for purposes of assessing contributory negligence was overall transaction loss sustained by lender in consequence of loan or that part of overall loss attributable to negligent valuation - Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1946, s 1(1).

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