NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY v DUNLOP HAYWARDS LTD AND ANOTHER [2009] EWHC 254 (Comm)

[2009] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 447

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Christopher Clarke

Contribution - Claimant suffering loss by reason of overvaluation of property secured by loans - Action against surveyors in fraud and against solicitors in negligence - Value of claims against surveyors and solicitors - Whether defendants liable for the "same damage" - Apportionment between defendants when one defendant has a partial defence against the claimant - Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978