Economic Loss in UK Law
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Murphy v Brentwood District Council
... ... plaintiff contended that they were on the evidence, the plaintiff's loss on sale as awarded was substantially less than the cost of eliminating the ... these merely as illustrations, without discussion) cases about "economic loss" where, a duty having been held to exist, the nature of the ... ...
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S.C.M. (United Kingdom) Ltd v W. J. Whittall & Son Ltd
... ... They claim damages from the contractors for all that loss ... 3 It must be accepted that the contractors were ... was due to the shutting down of the works (thus causing economic loss only), or whether it was due to the physical damage to the machines ... ...
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Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Company (Contractors) Ltd
... ... But, as this factory vas doing night work, it suffered loss ... 4 At the time when the power was shut off, ... They say that was economic loss for which they are not liable. The Judge rejected their contention ... ...
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Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Company Ltd
... ... in the circumstances averred by the respondents be liable for the economic loss caused to them by having to replace the floor ... 2 ... ...
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McFarlane v Tayside Health Board
... ... negligence they should be given the opportunity to prove the loss, injury and damage which they aver arises directly from the fact that the ... pregnancy); (b) financial special damage associated with (a); (c) economic loss being (i) "the financial loss she suffers because when the unwanted ... ...
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Commissioners of Customs and Excise v Barclays Bank Plc
... ... The test of tortious liability in negligence for pure financial loss ... 4 The parties were agreed that the ... been used in deciding whether a defendant sued as causing pure economic loss to a claimant owed him a duty of care in tort. The first is whether ... ...
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Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman
... ... should in fact have been shown as a loss of over £400,000. Had the true facts been known, it is alleged, Caparo ... It is quite another to avoid causing others to suffer purely economic loss. A graphic illustration of the distinction is embodied in the ... ...
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Wright v British Railways Board
... ... of £15,000 assessed as general damages for pain and suffering and loss of the amenities of life. I will call this head of damages (Scottice ium) non-economic loss ... 3 There was nothing special about the facts of the case. It ... ...
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OBG Ltd and another v Allan and Others
... ... three appeals are principally concerned with claims in tort for economic loss caused by intentional acts ... (a) In OBG ... ...
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White and Another v Jones and Another
... ... which the plaintiffs had acted and in doing so had suffered financial loss. This House held that but for a disclaimer of liability the defendants ... 465 , no action lay in the tort of negligence for pure economic loss. This argument Sir Robert approached following the path traced by ... ...
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