Where an application is made under the 1996 Act, as to the issue of causation of damage, a court can properly take a reasonably robust approach where the damage to the adjoining owner’s property is of the sort one would expect to result from the building owner’s work.
Judges:
Chadwick LJ
Citations:
[2003] EWCA Civ 1816, [2004] 1 EGLR 73
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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See Also – Roadrunner Properties Ltd and Another v Dean and Another CA 17-Mar-2004
Application to amend order drawn up and agreed . .
Cited – Drake v Harbour CA 31-Jan-2008
The plaintiff engaged the defendants to re-wire her house. She was away, and the defendants in sole charge of the house when it suffered a major fire originating in a room used by the defendants. The defendants appealed a finding of liability saying . .
Cited – Rodrigues v Sokal TCC 30-Jul-2008
The parties owned either half of a semi-detached residence. The defendant had undertaken substantial redevelopment works, and the claimant sought damages under the 1996 Act for his failures to follow that Act. The issues had been taken to . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Negligence, Construction, Landlord and Tenant, Land
Updated: 08 June 2022; Ref: scu.189039