Singer & Friedlander Ltd v John D Wood & Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1977
Year1977
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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    • High Court (Malaysia)
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    ...disputed valuation was one which no reasonable valuer would have reached and was outside the permissible margin of error ( Singer & Friedlander Ltd v John D. Wood & Co [1977] PNLR 70 at p.4, Watkins J). (4) The permissible margin of error, or the range within which a reasonably competent va......
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    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 24 May 2010
    ...without one of them being negligent: see for instance the often quoted judgment of Watkins J in Singer & Friedlander Ltd v John D Wood [1977] 2 EGLR 84 at p85G; and the House of Lords in the Banque Lambert case, [1997] AC 191 at p221F-G. That has led to the courts adopting a particular appr......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • The Liability Of Valuers For Negligent Property Valuations
    • Ireland
    • Mondaq Ireland
    • 1 November 2013
    ...done was reasonable. The second defendant did not appear to defend the case. The court applied Singer & Friedlander v. John D Wood [1977] 2 EGLR 84, Kenney v. Hall 1976 2 EGLR 29 and Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. v. Mardon 1976 1 QB 801 . The court's conclusions were as The first defendant wa......
2 books & journal articles
  • DAMAGES IN NEGLIGENT VALUATION ACTIONS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1998, December 1998
    • 1 December 1998
    ...Gazette 315, Predeth v Castle Phillips Finance Co Ltd(1986) 279 Estates Gazette 1355; cf Singer & Friedlander v John D Wood & Co(1977) 243 Estates Gazette 212, Gordin v Mom and Captain W Dunsford Ltd[1971] NZLR 526. 8 Eg Swingcastle v Gibson[1991] 2 AC 223, Hayes v James and Charles Dodd[19......
  • An assessment of the impact of valuation error on property investment performance measurement
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Property Investment & Finance No. 19-2, April 2001
    • 1 April 2001
    ...that there is an acceptable ``margin oferror'' in the valuation process. From the well-known Singer & Friedlander Ltdv. John D Wood & Co [1977] 2 EGLR 84 it is worth quoting Watkins J, whocommented that:The valuation of land by trained, competent and careful professional men is a task which......

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