Duty of Care in UK Law
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Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman
... ... auditors and certifiers of the accounts in April and May 1984, owed a duty of care to investors and potential investors, and in particular to Caparo, ... ...
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Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
... ... replies were given negligently and in breach of the Respondents' duty to exercise care in giving them. In his judgment McNair, J. said: ... ...
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M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
... ... his conclusion in relation to the careless performance of a statutory duty I propose to add a few words of my own thereanent ... to someone no action will lie if the act is performed with reasonable care. If, on the other hand, the authorised act is performed carelessly whereby ... ...
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Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
... ... issue whether the Home Office or these Borstal officers owed any duty of care to the Respondents capable of giving rise to a liability in ... ...
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Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
... ... which has to be decided in this appeal is whether the officers owed a duty of care to Mrs Robinson. The other important question is whether, if they ... ...
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ARBUTHNOTT and Others v FAGAN and FELTRIM UNDERWRITING AGENCIES Ltd and Others and Two Other Actions (1st Appeal) ARBUTHNOTT and Others v FAGAN and FELTRIM UNDERWRITING AGENCIES Ltd and Others and Two
... ... had delegated the function of underwriting, to exercise reasonable care and skill in relation to such underwriting ... 19 It might have been ... on their part in contract, or in tort, or for breach of fiduciary duty. But that is not in fact the case. In the case of the Merrett Appeals, ... ...
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Murphy v Brentwood District Council
... ... 7 The person to whom the duty is owed is an owner or occupier of the house who is such when the damage ... I find difficulty in reconciling a common law duty to take reasonable care that plans should conform with byelaws or regulations with the statute ... ...
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Commissioners of Customs and Excise v Barclays Bank Plc
... ... , affecting an account held by the customer with the bank, owes a duty to the third party to take reasonable care to comply with the terms of the ... ...
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Anns v Merton London Borough Council
... ... Whether a local authority is under any duty of care towards owners or occupiers of any such houses as regards ... ...
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White and Another v Jones and Another
... ... 4 The contractual duty which Mr. Jones owed to the testator was to secure that his testamentary ... the parties creating such proximity as to give rise to a duty of care. Here there was no relationship between the plaintiffs and Mr. Jones, nor ... ...
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