Case Study: Pure economic loss re-examined

Cripps | Property Law Journal | April 2011 #267
Rebecca Shorter looks at the issue of concurrent liability in the context of building defects ‘Contract and tort are different sources of obligations. The existence of a contract will not rule out the possibility of a concurrent duty of care in tort to prevent economic loss, but neither will it automatically create such a duty.’The …

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Professional Negligence: Limitations on recovery

RPC | Property Law Journal | March 2011 #265
Are concurrent liabilities a thing of the past for contractors? Alexandra Anderson looks at a recent case dealing with the issue ‘The fact that one party to a contract owes another party a contractual duty of care does not automatically give rise to a concurrent duty of care in tort to prevent economic loss.’Every contractor …

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