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Negligent misstatement: Bouncing bunnies
Andrew Burnette looks at liability and the unknown: can the provider of a reference be responsible if it doesn’t know who will rely on it? ‘Taking into consideration the principles set out in both Hedley Byrne and Caparo, the Supreme Court found that in the circumstances of the Playboy case it simply was not possible …
Cases Referenced
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- Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SPA v Playboy Club London Ltd & ors [2018] UKSC 43
- Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] UKHL 2
- Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1963] UKHL 4
- Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 180; [2018] UKSC 20
- Patel v Mirza [2014] EWCA Civ 1047; [2014] WTLR 1567 CA
- Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42
- Steel & anor v NRAM Ltd (formerly NRAM plc) [2018] UKSC 13