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Recovery of economic loss in negligence Introduction This paper seeks to study recovery of economic loss in negligence, distinction between consequential and pure economic loss with special reference to ‘Floodgate' argument and accountant's liability to non-clients in negligence.... Consequential economic loss Consequential economic loss is a loss arising in a situation where an affected person does not earn the level of profit that would have been earned in the normal course by remaining in business in the long run....
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Essay
This essay "Negligent Misstatement" talks about potential liability for negligent misstatement falls under the exceptional category of tort where negligence for pure economic loss can incur liability.... The duty arises under the tort of negligent misstatement only if there is a special relationship between Winston and the potential claimant.... It was established in Hedley Byrne v Heller that liability for negligent misstatement will arise where a party seeks information or advice from another on the basis of trust that the other party would use care and knew that the information or advice would be relied upon upon upon on....
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Essay
Negligence in tort law may be in respect of negligence in the duty of care or negligent misstatement which may result in economic loss to a third party.... This essay seeks to assess the statement 'In Tort law, pure economic loss is never recoverable in an action for negligence.... The extent of liability in the case of negligent misstatement varies from case to case and the affected person can claim for the economic loss even if there is no contractual or fiduciary relationship exists between the parties....
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Essay
In the past cases for negligent misstatement were wound up with cases for pure economic loss.... Scope of Liability for negligent misstatement by Professionals Customer Inserts Name Customer Inserts Grade Course Customer Inserts Outline 1.... Scope of Liability for negligent misstatement 2.... A statement is referred to as a negligent misstatement if it is a representation of fact, recklessly made and on which the claimant relied on to his detriment....
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Assignment
Though Andrew has suffered economic loss, there was no contract with between him and the surveyor nor the bank.... Whoever makes a claim due to somebody's negligence besides proving duty of care, breach and damages, must also show extra factors under 'duty' As pure economic loss caused by negligence is not a tort but liability under common law negligence.... The valuations of the surveyors turned out to be defective resulting in serious financial loss to the plaintiffs....
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Case Study
In cases of liability for negligent advice or information resulting in economic loss, one party relies on the professional skill of the other.... Changes have been happening in the last decade in Australian negligence law, both in respect to negligent advice and negligence causing pure economic loss (Baker and Manderson 2001).... t has been said that the critical point regarding liability for negligent misstatement is not the expertise of the adviser, but the dual requirements of assumption of responsibility by the adviser and reasonable reliance upon that advice by the other party....
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Often it has been observed that the concerned parties get involved in to accusations and counter – accusations, when any loss occurs in the A common thing in this regard has been that a loss-suffered party accuses its partner for incurring of the loss resulting in to legal disputes.... The case is regarded as the tort law case which had occurred because of the negligent misstatement.... Hedley & Byrne, incurring the loss, sued the banker of Easipower Ltd on the grounds of negligence as the advertising company relied upon the statement of the bank....
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The will theory was founded upon the economic principle that the good of all exists in the pursuit of individual, selfish economic gain.... The paper "The Relationship between Contract and Tort in the Law of Obligations" states that generally speaking, contractual obligations have been falling under the umbrella of a tort, especially through the duty of care and negligence aspects of tort law....
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