Notable Cases

Most of the cases Andrew is nowadays involved with are private and confidential, so cannot be publicised. Some examples of older reported notable cases are mentioned below.

• BYRNE v HALL PAIN & FOSTER & OTHERS [1999] 2 All ER 400 (Court of Appeal) – Advised and represented the defendant surveyors at trial, on appeal before the High Court and then on second appeal before the Court of Appeal in what remains the leading case concerning when the limitation period begins to run in respect of a claim by a house purchaser against an allegedly negligent surveyor/valuer. The claim was struck out.
• McMEEKIN v LONG [2003] 29 EG 120 (Astill J) – Represented the claimant buyers of residential property in what remains the leading case concerning misrepresentations allegedly made by a seller to the buyer in a Sellers Property Information Form (SPIF). The claimant buyers successfully sued the defendant sellers for making fraudulent misrepresentations to them both in conversation and in a SPIF. This case emphasises the significance of the Property Information Form to the modern conveyancing process. Andrew has subsequently dealt with numerous cases (for claimants and defendants) involving alleged misrepresentations and/or non-disclosure by sellers of property and other assets to buyers.