The respondent had had a successful life, and was tenant of a valuable apartment in the freehold block owned and managed by the appellant company. Substantial refurbishments had been badly handled by a trainee surveyor. There was a dispue with the builder who walked off the site. The work was wrongly certified as complete. Both partes had ended up insolvent. Part of the works was a chimney which later collapsed making the flat uninhabitable.
Held: The judge had found the claimant to have been truthful and the case was decided accordingly. Appeal denied.
Citations:
[2000] EWCA Civ 52
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 31 May 2022; Ref: scu.147085