On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:33:19 +0100 Tim S wrote :
Get real. Years ago, I went to an MOT station, where your MOT was issued
in 20 minutes, the engine was cold and the car suspiciously parked exactly
as I left it. Why should it not be the case that a vendor finds a
similarly bent HIP inspector. I

Because such a person is unlikely to stay in business for long. People are
always suing surveyors which is why their indemnity insurance is so high. I
have never heard of a car buyer suing a garage for issuing a dodgy MoT
certificate, though I know that garages do lose their testing status if
complaints are made and upheld.

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