Defective Premises in UK Law

  • Murphy v Brentwood District Council
    • House of Lords
    • 26 Julio 1990
    ... ... who becomes aware of the possibility of damage arising from a defective foundation would not be within the class of persons upon whom the right of ... into account that Parliament has made provisions in the Defective Premises Act 1972 imposing on builders and others undertaking work in the provision ... ...
  • D & F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England
    • House of Lords
    • 14 Julio 1988
    ... ... But following an expert investigation in 1983 further defective plaster to both walls and ceilings was discovered and when the action came ... law in relation to a builder's liability in tort for defective premises which have been effected on the one hand by statute and on the other by ... ...
  • Wilsons and Clyde Coal Company v English
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Julio 1937
    ... ... The injury was evidently the result of a defective system not adequately protecting the workman at the time of the explosions ... has been uniformly applied to defective plant and defective premises, and is equally applicable in the case of defective systems. I may add a ... ...
  • Wheat v E. Lacon & Company Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 15 Febrero 1966
    ... ... , or that the Petitioner might have such other relief in the premises as to Her Majesty the Queen, in Her Court of Parliament, might seem meet; ... So he was held liable for a defective staircase in Miller v. Hancock [1893] 2 Q.B. 177 , for the gutters in ... ...
  • Liverpool City Council v Irwin
    • House of Lords
    • 31 Marzo 1976
    ... ... , or that the Petitioners might have such other relief in the premises as to Her Majesty the Queen in Her Court of Parliament, might seem meet; ... fall within the covenant implied by this section is that of defective cisterns in the maisonette giving rise to flooding or, if this is ... ...
  • British Railways Board v Herrington
    • House of Lords
    • 16 Febrero 1972
    ... ... , or that the Petitioners might have such other relief in the premises as to Her Majesty the Queen, in Her Court of Parliament, might seem meet; ... that this was by no means the only place where their fence was defective and a well trodden track leading to the point where the Respondent got on ... ...
  • Southport Corporation v Esso Petroleum Company Ltd (Inverpool.)
    • Court of Appeal
    • 03 Junio 1954
    ... ... ) In both cases the Defendant was held liable because his premises were in a defective state. He did not know of the defect, and he was not ... ...
  • Anns v Merton London Borough Council
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Mayo 1977
    ... ... the relief prayed for in the Appeal or such other relief in the premises as to Her Majesty the Queen in Her Court of Parliament, might seem meet; ... have carried out such inspections as would have revealed the defective condition of the said foundations, that if any inspection was made then it ... ...
  • Waugh v H.B. Clifford & Sons Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 Diciembre 1981
    ... ... and internal walls and the party wall of the two houses with defective breeze blocks. The surveyor, Mr. Gore, reported to Mr. Austin and Mr ... will be moving out of their house at the end of the month to premises in the west Country, where Mr. Hillier has been posted. This will involve ... ...
  • Christmas v General Cleaning Contractors Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 10 Diciembre 1952
    ... ... , or that the Petitioners might have such other relief in the premises as to Her Majesty the Queen, in Her Court of Parliament, might seem meet; ... some complaint that some of the windows in the club had been defective, in that the weights did not properly balance the sash, with the result ... ...
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