ADT Ltd v BDO Binder Hamlyn

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1996
Date1996
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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14 cases
  • Man Nutzfahrzeuge AG and another v Freightliner Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 September 2007
    ...distinction could be drawn between a potential investor and a potential purchaser. He referred to the decision of Mr Justice May in ADT Ltd v Binder Hamlyn [1996] BCC 808; which (as he said) was an illustration of a case in which the purchaser of a company had succeeded in its claim against......
  • Natixis S.A. v Marex Financial
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 2 October 2019
    ...Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582, 587 per McNair J, as applied to negligent misstatement in, for example, ADT Ltd v. BDO Binder Hamlyn [1996] BCC 808 at p 835 per May J – i.e. where a claim concerns negligence involving the use of some special skill, the standard is that of the ordinary skilled ......
  • Man Nutzfahrzeuge AG v Freightliner Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 September 2007
    ...the Pt. 20 defendant, Ernst & Young. The following cases were referred to in the judgment of Chadwick LJ: ADT Ltd v BDO Binder HamlynUNK[1996] BCC 808. Candler v Crane Christmas & CoELR[1951] 2 KB 164. Caparo Industries plc v DickmanELR[1990] 2 AC 605. C & E Commrs v Barclays Bank plc[2006]......
  • Electra Private Equity Partners (A Ltd Partnership) and Others (Plaintiffs/Appellants) v Kpmg Peat Marwick (A Firm) and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 April 1999
    ...to potential investors for the accuracy of their audit work, they may owe them a duty of care; see e.g. ADT v. Binder Hamlyn [1996] BCC 808, per May J; and Yorkshire Enterprise v. Robson Rhodes 17th June 1998 (unreported), per Bell J. 69 Now, although the Judge took the assumption of respon......
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