It is through an interpretation

This decision provides important insight into your real estate law. Here is what it changes for you.

The situation

It is through a necessary interpretation, and therefore excluding any misconstruction, of the clause of an insurance policy excluding from the cover granted to a contractor damage "not originating in an accidental event and which are the inevitable and foreseeable consequences of the methods of carrying out the work which the policyholder has undertaken to perform", that the trial judges decided that the ruin of a gable wall following excavations at its base could not be regarded as inevitable within the meaning of that clause, since, although foreseeable, that ruin was the consequence of the contractor's careless and negligent faults.

What the law says

This decision confirms the fundamental principles of property law.

Key points to remember

• Strictly comply with the statutory time limits for appeals
• Keep all your supporting documents (deeds, instruments, correspondence)
• Plan ahead: preventive advice always costs less than litigation

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