Mortgage valuations and reliance 05 December 2012 Alastair-Hammerton Causation, contributory negligence, damages, duty of care, foreseeability, liability (0) More on Phimister v DM Hall LLP [2012] CSOH 169 (see earlier posting), which concerned a valuation of a residential property in Scotland. The Claimant’s criticism is that the Defendant ought to have checked the Property’s acreage and, had he done so, he would have realised that it was 0.46 acres smaller. Lord Glennie dismissed the claim on the primary basis that the Defendant did not ... [More]