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Development: Dealing with defects
Helen Pickard examines the ramifications for developers and certifying architects of a recent High Court decision dealing with their liabilities to original and subsequent purchasers S&P argued that there was no warranty as their retainer was with Optima and was entered into several years prior to the claimants purchasing the flats. The recent High Court …
Cases Referenced
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- Harris Springs Ltd v Howes [2007] EWHC 3271
- Haward v Fawcetts [2006] UKHL 9
- Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1963] UKHL 4
- Hunt v Optima (Cambridge) Ltd [2013] EWHC 681; [2014] EWCA Civ 714
- Quick v Taff-Ely BC [1985] EWCA Civ 1
- Re Wyvern Developments Ltd [1974] 1 WLR 1097
- Smith v Eric S Bush; Harris v Wyre Forest District Council [1990] UKHL 1
- Williams & anor v Natural Life Health Foods Ltd & anor [1998] UKHL 17