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Tort Law - Pure Economic Loss Flashcards

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What does White v Jones do to Hedley?

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Stretches it to breaking point

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What does PEL not extend to in Australia?

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Commercial property

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Welton v North Cornwall DC judgment

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Alterations on C’s guest house or close business, but alterations not necessary - DoC

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Killick v PricewaterhouseCoopers general

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Valuation of shares

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What case shows judges were dissatisfied with Hedley?

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Smith v Eric S Bush

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Bishop on PEL arguments

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Floodgates argument is weighty as could create deterrence to engage in X activity

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What did the CoA attempt to do in Customs and Excise v Barclays (before HoL)?

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Obliterate Hedley

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How does McLachlan J in Canadian National counter comparative evidence as a way to deny PEL?

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In the US it actually seems to have satisfied public demand for justice

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What is the practical effect of applying Hedley in provision of services?

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Different limitation periods in tort and contract

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Barker on Customs and Excise

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AR adds little to Caparo and should be removed

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Lord Browne-Wilkinson in majority in White v Jones

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AR for task creates special relationship, not to a person in particular

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What judge in what case said nature of investment decision should be irrelevant for determining liability for PEL through supply of info?

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Hercules Management v Ernst & Young, La Forest J

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Hedley Byrne v Heller general

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Advertising agents, bank, ‘without responsibility’

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Smelting, power dust

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spartan Stell v Martin

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Why is the role of PEL in negligence restricted?

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Because of liability in ‘economic torts’ which would be subverted if not limited

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Riyad Bank v Ahli United Bank general

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Kuwait bank chain, distance, not to block tortious obligations

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What case said there is nothing to be gained from concurrent liability as tort obligations cannot exceed contractual ones?

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Tai Hing Cotton Mill v Liv Chong

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Simpson v Thompson

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HoL approved Cattle v Stockton Waterworks Co

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White v Jones general

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Daughter and solicitor

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20
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Limitation period in tort

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6 years from date of damage

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In what case did the HoL find ‘material physical damage’ and allowed recovery of repair costs to avoid ‘present or imminent danger to health or safety’?

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Anns v Merton LBC

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Weir on distinction between Caparo and Smith

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Capture paid nothing for the audit, and was a commercial enterprise

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Scullion v BoS judgment

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No AR as property for investment so reasonable they would conduct survey

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What case allowed Hedley application despite no reliance and no representation?

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Spring v Guardian

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Killick v PricewaterhouseCoopers judgment

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Smith applies outside of real property to valuation of shares

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What two reasons did McLachlan J in Canadian National highlight as traditional grounds for denying PEL?

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Comparative evidence and economic theory

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27
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Williams v Natural Life Health Foods judgment

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Only company had AR as company-headed paper

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What two cases clash on primacy of contractual or tortious duty?

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Robinson v PE Jones; Henderson v Merrett

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What was the issue with the language in Hedley?

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Very wide language

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what case is an example of AR implied from a relationship?

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Henderson v Merrett Syndicates

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31
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McFarlane v Tayside Health Board judgment

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No damages for upbringing of child

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32
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What is consequential loss?

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When C is injured by D’s negligence, and then loses money as a result of the injury (e.g. earnings)

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Hercules Management v Ernst & Young

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Per La Forest J, nature of investment decision should be irrelevant

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34
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What three pockets of liability does Stapleton give?

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Negligent misstatement, dependence on property of 3rd and defective property

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What case shows even courts struggle to distinguish between PEL and consequential loss?

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Aswan Engineering v Ludpine

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36
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London Borough of Islington v UCL Hospital judgment

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local council care of V injured by hospital’s negligence

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What two policy issues with Murphy does Quill highlight?

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Buildings are homes, not just big products, and manufactured goods already have consumer protection legislation, unlike house-buyers - so shouldn’t be drawing analogy with defective products

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Lord Templeman in Smith

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Relationship ‘akin’ to a contract, and fact that survey was to fulfil statutory obligations did not preclude AR

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39
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What judge in majority in White found evidence of contact and thus AR?

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Lord Nolan

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40
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Smith v Eric S Bush general

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surveyor for council as mortgage lender and loan - purchaser relied on copy

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41
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Henderson on excluding possibility of tort liability

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Per Lord Goff, he gave primacy to tortious duty over contractual

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Byran v Moloney

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HC of Australia, irrelevant if defect is dangerous or not, but does not extend to commercial property due to lack of vulnerability

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43
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What judge in what case entirely rejected pure/consequential loss distinction to determine duty of care?

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Lord Millett in McFarlane v Tayside

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Lord Jaunty and Lord Griffiths in Smith

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Rejected contract analogy, finding a sufficiently proximate relationship instead based on payment by C and knowledge by D of high likelihood C would rely

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Customs and Excise v Barclays on provision of services

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Liability is not based on Hedley at all

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What did Lord Haldane emphasise in Norton v Lord Ashburton to allow claim for INM?

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Fiduciary relationship

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Grubb and Millis on Bryan v Moloney

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Easier to determine duty based on dangerousness, as it is dangerous nature that brings policy debates like deterrence in

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48
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Why did Anns still stand after D&F Estates v Church Commissioners for England?

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Claim against builder, not local authority

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49
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Shell UK Ltd v Total UK

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Equitable property owner can sue for damages and consequential losses as long as legal owner is joined

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50
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What is recovery of consequential loss governed by?

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Remoteness

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51
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Who focused very briefly on why liability for PEL might be restricted in Hedley?

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Lord Pearce

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52
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Conarken Group v Network Rail judgment

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Damage of commercial asset assumes foresight by D that C will lose revenue

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53
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Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

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limited right for 3rd party to enforce a contract made for his benefit

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54
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In what case did the HoL approve Cattle v Stockton Waterworks Co?

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Simpson v Thompson

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55
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What section of what Act allows courts to relieve honest and reasonable auditor of liability?

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Companies Act section 1157

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56
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The Albazero

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X has a claim but has suffered no substantial loss - cannot claim for V who has suffered loss as a result of D but has no claim

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57
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Curran v NI Coronership Housing Association judgment

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Statutory duty was to ensure public money was well-spent, not to protect recipient, so no DoC

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58
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Pearson Education v Charter Partnership

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CoA doubted if anything other than actual knowledge could lead to denial of recovery, as opposed to contributory negligence reduction

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59
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In what case did the court reject that ‘special considerations’ apply to website representations?

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Patchett v Swimming Pool

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What case shows the court applying White?

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Gorham v BT

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Canadian National Railway v Norse Pacific Steamship judgment

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Recognised ‘joint venture’ between bridge owner and user

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What judge in Merrett thought Hedley and Caparo couldn’t be blended?

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LJ Aldous

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63
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Letter signed by director

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Williams v Natural Life Health Foods

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Who said it is easier to determine duty based on dangerousness?

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Grubb and Millis

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What case allowed equitable property owner to sue for damages and consequential losses?

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Shell UK Ltd v Total UK

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What is the difficulty in provision of services cases?

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When C is adversely affected by D’s performance of services under a contract with X

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What case rejected that knowledge of a defect prevents a claim?

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Targett v Torfaen BC

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L&O on Henderson

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Found ‘entrusting in fact’ as members had no choice in giving complete discretion to managing agents, and agents knew they had complete control

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What were the judges anxious to show in Smith v Eric?

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No general liability on information provided to 3rd parties

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70
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What case extended Hedley Byrne to liability to third parties?

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Smith v Eric S Bush

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71
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Cooke on Murphy

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Complex structure argument is absurd and transmissible warranty would be great

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Henderson v Merrett judgment

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Allowed concurrent liability and took up Lord Goff and Lowry in Spring

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What judge in White v Jones gave a loose conception of reliance?

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Lord Browne-Wilkinson

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Henderson v Merrett Syndicates judgment

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When D holds himself out as having specialist skills/knowledge exercised for C’s benefit, there is a DoC

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75
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Who said expansion in PEL could lead to a ‘limitless vista of uninsurable risk’?

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Bishop

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What did the court reject in Hedley Byrne?

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That donoghue could just be simply applied

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77
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Mirza v Bhandal

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Owner of a dwelling does not ‘take on work’ for purposes of s.1 defective premises act if he gives instructions for work or employs X

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Gorham v BT judgment

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CoA applied White, so lack of contact didn’t matter (clearer lack of contact than White)

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What case emphasised that courts tend to define auditor’s statements narrowly?

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Precis v William M Mercer

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What case imposed a duty on a public authority?

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Shaddock v Parramatta CC

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Merrett v Babb on Caparo and Hedley

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Can be blended as both should lead to same result

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What is the difference between Caparo and Smith?

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Information in Caparo was not for transaction carried out by C

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What did La Forest J question in Hercules Management

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Why Lord Bridge in Smith made a distinction between buying and selling

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What does the case of Murphy assume?

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Negligence should be subordinate to other legal categories like contract and statute, denying a remedy in the former if none in the latter

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85
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Department of Education v Thomas Bates

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D&F Estates v Church Commissioners for England

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What were the court keen to avoid in Murphy?

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Undermining contract/statute

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What judge in what case suggested Vietchi was an example of Hedley?

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Lord Keith in Murphy

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What statement in Donoghue does Mitchell particularly disagree with?

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Lord Atkin - ‘there must be… and is’ a general conception of DoC - there need not be, Mitchell says, and there are at least two principles of a DoC

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Anns v Merton LBC general

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Subsidence, cracks - Local authority has statutory power to supervise building work

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What case showed court considering that damage of commercial asset assumes foresight by D that C will lose revenue

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Conarken Group v Network Rail

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What case shows courts applying FJR in Caparo and finding no liability?

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An Informer v A Chief Constable

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Winnipeg Condominium v Bird Construction judgment

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SC of Canada decided courts should weigh policy issues openly as complex structure theory obscures the ‘underlying policy issues’

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Spartan Stell v Martin judgment

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Allowed damage to metal and consequential lost profit, but not money that would have been made

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Who argued from an economic analysis that social benefit equates to social cost, and thus there is no detriment to society by not allowing wide PEL claims?

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Bishop

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95
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Gorham v BT general

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Pension, widow and children beneficiaries

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What are the three different approaches to PEL in commonwealth?

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No duty by builder to subsequent purchase, duty for dangerous defects or duty for at least some non-dangerous defects

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Why did Grubb and Millis think it is easier to determine a duty based on dangerousness?

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Dangerous nature brings in policy debates like deterrence

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What are the factors considered under Hedley similar to?

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Fair, just and reasonable Caparo test

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Economic theory as a traditional ground to deny PEL

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Activity is inherently risky and losses basically inevitable. Could get insurance, spread loss among victims and contractual allocation of risk

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What case showed courts recognising an owner cannot just discard a house?

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Bryan v Moloney

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Why is the ‘purpose’ basis for distinguishing Caparo and Smith unsatisfactory?

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Surveyors in Smith wouldn’t have said survey was to provide info to a purchaser on whether to buy property

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What judge in what case gave primacy to tortious duty over contractual?

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Lord Goff in Henderson

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103
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What case shows the courts allowing C to claim DoC of surveyor to prospective purchaser as an individual, not through his employer?

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Merrett v Babb

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104
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What was the 3 stage test from Caparo?

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Foreseeable injury to C, proximity of relationship and C relied on statement for purpose it was provided

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105
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Bryan v Moloney on knowledge of defect

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Owner cannot just discard house , and usually ‘one of the most significant investments’ of X’s life, so Donoghue should have been allowed in Murphy

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106
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Customs and Excise Commissioners v Barclays judgment

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Rejected CoA methodology and result - incremental test is not freestanding. Hedley first then Caparo

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107
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What does Stapleton think the pockets approach should be replaced with?

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Agenda of policy concerns

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108
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Henderson v Merrett Syndicates general

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Lloyds insurance losses

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109
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Chaudhury v Prabhaker general

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Car, aciddent

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110
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Dutton v Bognor Regis

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If a product doesn’t work due to D’s negligence, PEL

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Lord Goff and Lowry in Spring

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DoC on Hedley despite no reliance and no representation, by using special information as giving AR

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112
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S.1 Defective Premises Act 1972

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Requires premises to be fit for human habitation

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113
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What fits into second pocket of liability by Stapleton?

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Spartan Stell

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114
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Junior Books v Vietchi general

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Floor of warehouse

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115
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Shaddock v Parramatta CC

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Duty imposed on public authority although do not disregard exercise of statutory functions

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116
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What case stated that S.1 Defective Premises Act extends to failure to carry out necessary work and carrying it out badly

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Andrews v Schooling

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117
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D&F Estates v Church Commissioners for England judgment

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Defective construction was PEL so no claim - against builder

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What did Lord Goff and Lowry say of FJR in Spring?

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Once AR is found, no need to consider FJR

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119
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Stapleton takes what kind of approach to liability in PEL?

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‘Pockets’ approach

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120
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Williams v Natural Life Health Foods problem

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Why should employee be personally liable but not the director?

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121
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What case argued Donoghue should have applied in Murphy?

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Bryan v Moloney

122
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Riyad Bank v Ahli United Bank judgment

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Whether or not tortious duty is excluded depends on the facts

123
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How did Lord Haldane in Norton argue the decision didn’t contradict Derry?

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argued no duty found on specific facts in Derry so didn’t contradict

124
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What section of what act allows auditors to limit liability to companies they audit

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Companies Act 2006, sections 534 - 538

125
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Canadian National Railway v Norse Pacific Steamship general

A

Railway bridge, boat

126
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Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000

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Created LLPs to let accountants and solicitors limit liability in a way not possible under Caparo

127
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Calvert v William Hill Credit judgment

A

DoC bc express AR

128
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Weir on Hedley

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A ‘judicial jamboree… Lordships had… smoked a joint on the bus’

129
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What is New Zealand’s approach to PEL?

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Impose liability on local council without regard to liability of builder

130
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What case challenged Candler v Crane?

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Hedley Byrne v Heller

131
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Aswan Engineering v Ludpine judgment

A

Split over whether it was a case of PEL or property damage

132
Q

Why did the HoL rely on s.1 Defective Premises Act 1972 in Murphy?

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The house was not unfit for habitation, so allowing claim would go beyond statutory protection and encroach on sovereignty of legislature

133
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What judge and in what case stated it was Better to say AR is ultimately a question of law REFLECTING FJR rather than disapplying it altogether, as they did in Spring?

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Lord Hoffman in Customs and Excise v Barclays on FJR

134
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What case shows the approach of Australia to PEL claims?

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Byran v Moloney

135
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Caparo Industries v Dickman general

A

Auditors, two batches, report

136
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Duty for at least some non-dangerous defects

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Bryan; Hamlin

137
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What did the court say in Customs and Excise about the suitability of Caparo?

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Better for non-statements

138
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Beever explores what approach to PEL?

A

Rights-based

139
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Partlertt on Bryan v Moloney

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True distinction lies in inability of residential buyer to spread risk

140
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Dean v Allin judgment

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AR in tort to 3rd need not even be of same nature as under contract

141
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What judge in Hedley said Donoghue shows how law can be developed, not the solution?

A

Lord Devlin

142
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What does C have to show after Hedley Byrne on PEL?

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D assumed responsibility towards C, and C reasonably relief on the assumption of responsibility - D has to hold himself out as having some kind of duty of skill and care

143
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Curran v NI Coronership Housing Association general

A

Improvement grant

144
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What judges found relationship through proximity in Smith?

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Lord Jauncey and Lord Griffiths

145
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White v Jones judgment

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HoL found it didn’t matter there had been no contact for AR

146
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What is pure economic loss?

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When C is financially worse off, but no physical damage

147
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What case gave primacy of contractual obligation over tortious

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Robinson v PE Jones

148
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X has a claim but has suffered no substantial loss - cannot claim for V who has suffered loss as a result of D but has no claim

A

The Albazero

149
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Mitchell on Merrett v Babb concerning blending of Caparo and Hedley

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‘Utterly unconvincing basis for imposing liability’ without consistency

150
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Companies Act 2006, sections 534 - 538

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Auditors can limit liability to companies they audit

151
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What fits into third pocket of liability by Stapleton?

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Murphy

152
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Honore on judgment in Hedley

A

Going ‘to the village church via the moon’

153
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Welton v North Cornwall DC general

A

Threatening statement

154
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What do Australia focus on in PEL claims?

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Vulnerability of C with builder/architect

155
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Patchett v Swimming Pool judgment

A

‘Special considerations’ do not apply to website representations, although Hedley could arise on usual principles - no DoC as made clear no relianace without further enquiry

156
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What did the court stress in An Informer v A Chief Constable?

A

Only financial damage to C

157
Q

What case made the test for PEL clear?

A

Customs and Excise Commissioners v Barclays

158
Q

What led to development of the law in PEL?

A

Dissatisfaction with AR test, preferring a more law-based approach

159
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Chaudhury v Prabhakar judgment

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Allowed AR through relationship in social context because of agency agreement

160
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L&O on Stapleton’s agenda of policy concerns idea

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Valuable function of such categorisation, but does not relieve court of difficult value judgments

161
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What did Derry v Peek lead to an assumption of?

A

Innocent negligent misstatement was not actionable

162
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Calvert v William Hill Credit general

A

Close telephone account

163
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Who finds Hedley to be based on foreseeability?

A

Atkey

164
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What case put Anns into question?

A

D&F Estates v Church Commissioners for England

165
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What case shows Australia’s test for supply of information and liability for PEL?

A

Esanda Finance Corporation v Peat Marwick

166
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White v Jones on voluntary assumption, per Lord Browne-Wilkinson

A

Looser conception of reliance as you rely on solicitors IN GENERAL

167
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what is an example of when the existence of a contract and tortious liability can take the tort duty beyond contractual bounds?

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AR based on an unenforceable agreement for lack of consideration

168
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What did Lord Reid in Hedley say of social contexts and AR?

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No AR in social context (i.e. implied from friendship)

169
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When did Hedley Byrne allow a DoC?i

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When D has voluntarily assumed responsibility for C’s economic welfare

170
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Andrews v Schooling

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S.1 Defective Premises extends to failure to carry out necessary work and carrying it out badly

171
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What academic called complex structure argument absurd?

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Cooke

172
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Close telephone account

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Calvert v William Hill Credit

173
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Lord Nolan in White v Jones

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Found evidence of daughters speaking to solicitor

174
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Name one of the first cases where judge refused a claim for being for PEL?

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Cattle v Stockton Waterworks Co

175
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No duty by builder to subsequent purchaser

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D&F Estates; Murphy

176
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What academic thought a transmissible warranty of quality would be a great thing?

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Cooke

177
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Targett v Torfaen BC on knowledge of defect

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Knowledge doesn’t prevent a claim - was it reasonable not to move to avoid damage?

178
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Winnipeg Condominium v Bird Construction general

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Policy issues over complex structure

179
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What Act allows accountants and solicitors to limit liability in a way not possible under Caparo?

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Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000

180
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Recommendation 2008/473/EC

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Auditor’s liability should be limited both to company and 3rd parties except in the case of intentional breaches

181
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Nocton v Lord Ashburton

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Solicitor liable for INM as Lord Haldane emphasised fiduciary relationship

182
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What kind of relationships did Hedley point to for AR?

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Solicitor and client

183
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What judge relied on contractual analogy in Smith?

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Lord Templeman

184
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What does Mitchell argue Hedley is?

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Reassertion of old idea of liability - reassertion of assumpsit duties

185
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Conarken Group v Network Rail general

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Railway bridge, compensation

186
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What academic said AR adds little to Caparo and should be removed?

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Barker

187
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Limitation period in contract

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6 years from date of breach

188
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What Recommendation of the EU suggests Auditor’s liability should be limited both to company and 3rd parties except in the case of intentional breaches

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Recommendation 2008/473/EC

189
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Tai Hing Cotton Mill v Liv Chong

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Nothing to be gained from concurrent liability as tort obligations cannot be greater than contractual

190
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Why does Mitchell believe the judges engaged in elaborate analyses where no duty arose at the end?

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Devlin’s driving force to develop the law of tort, through existing lines of authority , where such opportunity was usually absent

191
Q

Winnipeg Condominium ratio

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Serious defect likely to damage C allows recovery

192
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Bellefield Computer Services v E Turner general

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Fire extensive damage more likely

193
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Aswan Engineering v Ludpine general

A

Pails, waterproofing compound

194
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Junior Books v Vietchi judgment

A

HoL allowed claim on Anns but threatened to abolish property damage/PEL distinction

195
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Comparative evidence as a traditional ground for denying PEL

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Other jurisdictions don’t allow it/have problems with it

196
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Who said the true distinction between commercial property and residential under Bryan v Moloney lies in inability of residential to spread risk?

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Partlett

197
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Stapleton on Hedley

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Judges paid very little attention to why liability for PEL might be restricted - only very briefly in Lord Pearce’s speech

198
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What case suggested than once an AR is found, no need to consider FJR?

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Spring v Guardian

199
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Threatening statement

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Welton v North Cornwall DC

200
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Who highlighted that judges paid very little attention to why liability for PEL might be restricted in Hedley?

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Stapleton

201
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Todd on Bryan v Moloney

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Vulnerability can only work if applied to a category of cases, not at large

202
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Hedley Byrne v Heller on voluntary assumption

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Disclaimer removed AR so insisted on voluntary element

203
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Why did Lord Bingham say a chain of contracts blocks tort from imposing MR, and in which case?

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‘Inconsistent with the structure of the contract’; Simaan General v Pilkington Glass

204
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McBride and Hughes on Hedley

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Hedley is not part of negligence at all but actually fiduciary relationships

205
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Why no DoC in Curran v NI Coronership Housing Association?

A

Statutory duty was to ensure public money was well-spent, not to protect recipient

206
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Anns v Merton LBC judgment

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‘Material physical damage’ and recovery of repair costs to avoid ‘present or imminent danger to health or safety’

207
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What did Lord Devlin argue about Donoghue in Hedley Byrne

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Showed how law can be developed, not the solution

208
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What two cases show other jurisdictions have a much more relaxed approach to claims for PEL?

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Canadian National Railway v Norsk Pacific Steamship; Shell UK Ltd v Total UK

209
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In what case did the HoL threaten to abolish property damage/PEL distinction?

A

Junior Books v Vietchi

210
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What case favoured the minority view in Mutual Life v Evatt?

A

Esso Petroleum v Mardon

211
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Why was there no AR in Caparo?

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Info given to allow shareholders to exercise supervisory jurisdiction, not buy more shares

212
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What Act shows further development of liability to third parties?

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Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

213
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Candler v Crane

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Only allowed fiduciary relationship to make INMS actionable - nothing else

214
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Spring v Guardian judgment

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HoL found employer liable as he had specialist knowledge

215
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What is the rights-based approach to PEL?

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Nature of C’s loss determines recoverability - D needs to AR to give C necessary right

216
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Patchett v Swimming Pool general

A

Website pool

217
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Caparo Industries v Dickman judgment

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No AR for positive statement NOR for failing to detect fraud due to 3 stage

218
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Who highlighted two policy issues with Murphy?

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Quill

219
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An Informer v A Chief Constable judgment

A

No DoC because not FJR - police should be unrestricted as possible in investigating crime and only FINANCIAL damage to C

220
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Joint case of Harris to Smith v Eric general

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Valuation by council, assumption by purchaser (never saw) and confidential report

221
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White v Jones is a case concerning what?

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An omission to act resulting in PEL

222
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Cattle v Stockton Waterworks Co judgment

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One of the first cases where Blackburn J refused PEL claim

223
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What do L&O argue in regard to White decision?

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Could have found a midway solution as Bs had SOME contact with solicitor, so COULD have found mutuality of relationship to satisfy Mustill

224
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Reference, ‘kiss of death’

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Spring v Guardian

225
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Owner of a dwelling does not ‘take on work’ for purposes of s.1 defective premises act if he gives instructions for work or employs X

A

Mirza v Bhandal

226
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What judge found relationship in Smith ‘akin’ to a contract?

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Lord Templeman

227
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Why was Derry hard to overrule in Hedley?

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Practice Direction 1966 had not been passed yet, so would need to reinterpret other cases following Derry

228
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London Borough of Islington v UCL Hospital general

A

Care of injured by local council

229
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What was the CoA methodology in Customs and Excise Commissioners v Barclays?

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AR & Caparo together & incremental by analogy

230
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What do L&O argue in regard to impact of White?

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Caused few problems in nearly 20 years so no real issue

231
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Lord Keith in Murphy on Vietchi

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It is an example of Hedley - not so far-fetched after Spring and Henderson as sub-contractor knew of reliance

232
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D&F Estates v Church Commissioners for England general

A

Plastering

233
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Law Society v KPMG judgment

A

Look to purpose behind statutory requirement - to allow LS to decide whether to exercise regulatory powers, so AR

234
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Companies Act section 1157

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Court can relieve an honest and reasonable auditor of liability

235
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Murphy v Brentwood District Council general

A

Shallow foundations, cracks

236
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Merrett v Babb

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DoC to prospective purchaser as an individual, rather than needing to sue employer of surveyor

237
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Cattle v Stockton Waterworks Co general

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Flooding, tunnel.

238
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Barker on Beever’s rights-based approach

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How do we know if there is a right, little room for development and no correspondence with judge’s understanding in economic loss cases

239
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How does McLachlan J in Canadian National counter economic theory as a way to deny PEL?

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Unlikely to get reasonably priced insurance, doesn’t account for big losses all falling on one V and can’t always assume liability is assigned to the ‘least-cost risk avoider’

240
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What additional requirements were specifically for PEL under Caparo test?

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Proximity of relationship needed a statement intended for C and that C relied on statement for purpose it was provided

241
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What case affirmed D&F Estates v Church Commissioners for England?

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Department of Education v Thomas Bates

242
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Hedley is not part of negligence at all but actually fiduciary relationshipsWho argued

A

McBride and Hughes

243
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what did they allow a claim for in Bellefield Computer Services v E Turner ?

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For loss of property/possessions

244
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What case asked if it was reasonable for C not to move to avoid damage?

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Targett v Torfaen BC

245
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What case showed the CoA doubting if anything other than actual knowledge of the defect could lead to denial of recovery?

A

Pearson Education v Charter Partnership

246
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Scullion v BoS general

A

Buy-to-let

247
Q

Invercargill v Hamlin

A

New Zealand impose liability on local council without regard to liability of builder

248
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What did Lord Hodson require in Hedley Byrne?

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That D be shown to have some kind of ‘special skills’

249
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What judge required D be shown to have some kind of ‘special skills’ in Hedley Byrne?

A

Lord Hodson

250
Q

Esso Petroleum v Mardon

A

Favoured minority in Mutual Life v Evatt

251
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Murphy v Brentwood District Council judgment

A

Cracks only manifestation of defectiveness - need PROPERTY damage. Divide up property - e.g. electrical wiring causes a fire damaging fabric of the building, allowing claim for damage to fabric of the building but none for electrical wiring as PEL

252
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Specialist insurance syndicate managing agent

A

Henderson v Merrett Syndicates

253
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Spartan Stell v Martin general

A

Smelting, power dust

254
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How did HoL explain Murphy?

A

Would create ‘transmissible warranty of quality’ and through s.1 Defective Premises Act 1972

255
Q

Henderson v Merrett Syndicates general

A

Specialist insurance syndicate managing agent

256
Q

Why did the HoL refuse to grant a transmissible warranty of quality in Murphy?

A

Places C in a better position than if he brought a contractual/statutory claim, and removed need for C to hire a surveyor

257
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What case emphasised that ONLY a fiduciary relationship could make INMS actionable?

A

Candler v Crane

258
Q

What judge in White required a mutuality of relationship?

A

Lord Mustill

259
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What case shows Smith applies outside of real property?

A

Killick v PricewaterhouseCoopers

260
Q

Precis v William M Mercer

A

Courts tend to define auditor’s statements narrowly and deny DoC unless auditor knew reliance explicitly and reasonable reliance by C w/o further advice

261
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Why was recovery of PEL in Spartan rejected?

A

People should deal with PEL, floodgates, impossible for quantum and loss should be spread out and borne by sufferer

262
Q

Law Society v KPMG general

A

Accountants report on solicitor for LS

263
Q

Railway bridge, compensation

A

Conarken Group v Network Rail

264
Q

Customs and Excise Commissioners v Barclays general

A

Freezing order not done

265
Q

Lord Hoffman and Rodger in Customs and Excise

A

Hadley should not be distorted to make situations fit

266
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Lord Mustily in minority in White v Jones

A

Require mutuality of relationship

267
Q

Minority in Mutual Life v Evatt

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Only need advice to be given on A business occasion or in course of A business

268
Q

Customs and Excise Commissioners v Barclays

A

HoL gave three tests for PEL - Hedley Byrne, Caparo and Heyman (incremental)

269
Q

Dean v Allin general

A

Solicitor AR to lender despite client being borrower

270
Q

What did Lord Millett reject in McFarlane v Tayside?

A

Entirely rejected pure/consequential loss distinction to determine Duty of care

271
Q

Duty for dangerous defects

A

Winnipeg Condominium

272
Q

Beever on Hedley basis

A

Hedley is part of the law of contract

273
Q

An Informer and A Chief Constable general

A

Informer, frozen assets

274
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Robinson v PE Jones

A

Primacy of contractual obligation over tortious, but tortious duty not ALWAYS assumed by parties in contractual relationship

275
Q

Mutual Life v Evatt on Hedley

A

Took it for granted that a banker owes a DoC in the circumstances in Hedley

276
Q

Esanda Finance Corporation v Peat Marwick

A

HC of Australia required C to show D knew/ought to have known info would be communicated to C and would cause them to enter into a given transaction

277
Q

Care of injured by local council

A

London Borough of Islington v UCL Hospital

278
Q

What did the disclaimer do in Hedley Byrne?

A

Remove liability and thus no DoC on facts

279
Q

What did the court look carefully at in Williams?

A

What led C to believe AR and what D said and did

280
Q

What do the views of McBride, Hughes and Beever on the basis of Hedley show?

A

Paradox - Hedley has been around for 40 years but still not fully accepted as part of negligence

281
Q

Smith v Eric S Bush judgment

A

Clause excluding liability to purchaser fell foul of UCTA 1977

282
Q

Lord Hoffman in Customs and Excise v Barclays on FJR

A

Better to say AR is ultimately a question of law REFLECTING FJR rather than disapplying it altogether

283
Q

Donoghue v Stevenson general

A

Decomposing snail

284
Q

Williams v Natural Life Health Foods general

A

Letter signed by director

285
Q

Bellefield Computer Services v E Turner judgment

A

Builder not liable for additional damage to building by fire despite building it so more extensive damage was likely

286
Q

What case shows AR in tort to 3rd need not even be of same nature as under contract

A

Dean v Allin

287
Q

Simaan General v Pilkington Glass

A

Chain of contracts blocks tort from imposing AR

288
Q

What fits into first pocket of liability by Stapleton?

A

Hedley

289
Q

What view did the judges take instead in Smith?

A

Law-based view of AR

290
Q

What case made it clear that you cannot disregard a public authority’s exercise of statutory functions when considering AR?

A

Shaddock v Parramatta CC

291
Q

What is Australia’s view on supply of information and test?

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Need C to show D knew/ought to have known info would be communicated to C and would cause them to enter into a given transaction

292
Q

What are the two ways the existence of a contract can affect Hedley liability?

A

Excluse possibility of tort liability, or imposition will take the tort duty beyond contractual liability bounds

293
Q

What did the court in Hedley approve?

A

Denning LJ’s dissent in Candler

294
Q

What jurisdiction rejects the complex structure theory of PEL?

A

Canada - Winnipeg Condominium v Bird Construction

295
Q

Who gave the reasons to reject PEL in Spartan Stell v Martin?

A

Lord Denning

296
Q

Fire extensive damage more likely

A

Bellefield Computer Services v E Turner

297
Q

What case shows that an exclusion clause may not be sufficient to remove AR?

A

Smith v Eric S Bush

298
Q

McFarlane v Tayside Health Board general

A

Incorrect vasectomy

299
Q

Majority in Mutual Life v Evatt

A

Hedley limited to advisors in the profession of giving advice of kind sought

300
Q

In what case did the HoL highlight three tests for PEL?

A

Customs and Excise Commissioners v Barclays

301
Q

Spring v Guardian general

A

Reference, ‘kiss of death’

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