Negligent Misstatement in UK Law
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Esso Petroleum Company Ltd v Mardon
... ... Second, that it was a negligent misrepresentation. I will take them in order ... 15 ... , the question arises whether Esso are liable for negligent misstatement under the doctrine of Hedley Byrne v. Heller & Partners Ltd. (1964) ... ...
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Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
... ... loss suffered by reason of his having relied on an innocent but negligent misrepresentation. I cannot do better than adopt the following statement ... There must be something more than the mere misstatement. I therefore turn to the authorities to see what more is required. The ... ...
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Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman
... ... It may very well be that in tortious claims based on negligent mis-statement these notions are particularly apposite. The content of the ... his blessing to the foundation of liability on a careless misstatement made to the world at large. Thus immediately after the words quoted above ... ...
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Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman
... ... , and against the appellants, claiming that they were negligent in certifying, as they did, that the accounts showed a true and fair view ... 64 The most recent authority on negligent misstatement in this House — the two appeals in Smith v. Eric S. Bush and Harris ... ...
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Spring (A.P.) v Guardian Assurance Plc and Others
... ... where a plaintiff has relied to his detriment upon a negligent misstatement by a defendant. In the present case there is no question of ... ...
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White and Another v Jones and Another
... ... party beneficiary of the testator's right of action against the negligent attorney), the trend now appears to be moving strongly in favour of ... circumstances in which there could be liability for negligent misstatement in the absence of either a contract or a fiduciary relationship between ... ...
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Springwell Navigation Corporation (A Body Corporate) v (1) Jp Morgan Chase Bank (A Body Corporate) (Formerly Known as the Chase Manhattan Bank) (2) Jp Morgan Europe Ltd (Formerly Known as Chase Manhattan International Ltd) and Others
... ... section 2 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 and for alleged negligent misstatement by JA to AP ... 7 The second ... ...
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Smith v Eric S Bush
... ... if they had not kept silent about the defects or been negligent in not discovering them. In view of the warning in the proposal form that ... careful in his work, he would not have made a “negligent misstatement” in his report ... 37 Section 11(3) of the Act of 1977 provides that ... ...
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Stovin and Another v Norfolk County Council
... ... Then the omission is the element which makes the activity negligent. Dorset Yacht Co. Ltd. v. Home Office [1970] A.C. 1004 is an instance ... Reliance is a useful aid here, as in the field of negligent misstatement, because it leads easily to the conclusion that the authority can fairly ... ...
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Banque Financiere de la Cite S.A. (formerly Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A.) v Westgate Insurance Company Ltd (formerly Hodge General & Mercantile Company Ltd); Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A. v Skandia (U.K.) Insurance Company Ltd
... ... to the Plaintiffs for damages for misrepresentation and/or negligent misstatement and/or negligence; 2. That the ... ...
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