Negligence, Economic Loss and the Ambit of the Duty of Care

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Negligence, Economic Loss and the Ambit of the Duty of Care

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Difficulty in determining the true basis in law for allowing recovery of "pure" economic loss which is not consequential upon any physical damage suffered by a plaintiff has preoccupied the courts in a number of recent decisions.' If A relies on negligent information or advice given directly to him by B the case can simply be tested against the principles first laid down in Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd as appropriate to financial loss caused by misstatements. But what if the ...

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Research paper

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Date created

1980

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Todd, S.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3245

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Fields of Research::390000 Law, Justice and Law Enforcement::390100 Law::390117 Tort law

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