Time and price as determinants of a structural surveyor’s professional obligations

Discusses the legal relevance of two factors in determining the obligations of the structural surveyor – the time available for the task to be executed and the price or fee agreed as remuneration. Studies the judicial attitudes with reference to actual cases where reliance on time and price has been adduced by surveyors as factors allegedly limiting their obligations and thus their legal liability in negligence. Suggests that such reliance is unsound and that the courts are generally hostile to the professional′s use of the factors of time and price as restrictive of responsibility.