Hearings
England & Wales
22 Mar 2024 [2024] EWHC 631 (Ch), Ch D (Judge Cawson KC sitting as a High Court judge)
02 May 2025 [2025] EWCA Civ 562; [2025] 4 WLR 59; [2025] WLR(D) 243, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Baker, Snowden LJJ)
Bratt v Jones
Subject Matter
NEGLIGENCE — Valuation — Real property
[2024] EWHC 631 (Ch), Ch D
NEGLIGENCE — Valuation — Real property — Claim against valuer for alleged under-valuation — Correct test to establish liability in professional negligence claim against valuer — Whether determination of margin of error question of fact or law
[2025] EWCA Civ 562; [2025] 4 WLR 59; [2025] WLR(D) 243, CA
NEGLIGENCE — Valuation — Real property — Claim against valuer for under-valuation of development site — Correct test to establish liability in professional negligence claim against valuer — Whether determination of margin of error question of fact or law
Appellate History
Bratt v Jones [2024] EWHC 631 (Ch), Ch D
Decision of Judge Cawson KC sitting as a judge of the Chancery Division affirmed
Bratt v Jones [2025] EWCA Civ 562; [2025] 4 WLR 59; [2025] WLR(D) 243, CA
Commentary
Hailsham Chambers
Q: “What does a claimant have to prove to show that a valuer was negligent?” A: “Exactly what you always thought had to be proven. But maybe that’s wrong.”
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