Barclays Bank Plc v Fairclough Building Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeNourse,Beldam,Simon Brown L JJ.
Judgment Date06 May 1994
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date06 May 1994
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  • Hi-Lite Electrical Ltd v Wolseley Uk Ltd Dab Pumps Spa (Third Party)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 31 August 2011
    ...Mutual War Risks Association (Bermuda) Ltd at p.904 and would appear to run directly contrary to the principle set out in Barclays Bank v Fairclough Building Ltd [1995] 1 QB 214. He submits that if it is ever right to apply the Tennant case, it is not right to do so here, where numerous dif......
  • Primeo Fund (in Official Liquidation) v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd and HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) Sa
    • Cayman Islands
    • Court of Appeal (Cayman Islands)
    • 13 June 2019
    ...1 All E.R. (Comm) 140; [2003] 2 C.L.C. 242; [2003] Lloyd’s Rep. I.R. 131, referred to. (8)Barclays Bank plc v. Fairclough Building Ltd., [1995] Q.B. 214; [1994] 3 W.L.R. 1057; [1995] 1 All E.R. 289; [1994] C.L.C. 529, considered. (9)Barings plc v. Coopers & Lybrand, [1997] 1 BCLC 427; [1997......
  • Primeo Fund v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Court of Appeal (Cayman Islands)
    • 13 June 2019
    ...competent global custodian”. The provision in clause 16(B) was analogous to the provision in Barclays Bank Ltd v. Fairclough Building Ltd [1995] QB 214 requiring the defendant roofing contractor to provide the best workmanship and to comply with any legislation applicable to the works whic......
  • Thoroughbred Breeders' Association v Price Waterhouse
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Ltd [1989] 13 WAR 100 Attorneys Fidelity Guarantee Fund v Tony Allem (Pty) Ltd 1990 (2) SA 665 (A) at 674 D Barclays Bank v Fairclough [1995] 1 All ER 289 Bates & Lloyd Aviation v Aviation Insurance Co 1985 (3) SA 916 (A) at 939F - 940A Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605 at 619......
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  • CONTRACT DAMAGES AND THE PROMISEE'S ROLE IN ITS OWN LOSS.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 42 No. 2, April 2019
    • 1 January 2019
    ...AC 266, 282 (Lord Somervell for the Court), Simonius Vischer (n 70) 347 (Samuels JA) and Barclays Bank plc v Fairclough Building Ltd [1995] QB 214, 229-30 (Beldam (119) See below nn 168-71 and accompanying text. (120) See Marr (n 114) 441-2 (Burchett J); Trebor Bassett Holdings Ltd v ADT Fi......
  • Adrift on a sea of troubles: cross-border art loans and the specter of ulterior title.
    • United States
    • Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Vol. 38 No. 4, October 2005
    • 1 October 2005
    ...(Eng.). (76.) Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act, 1945, c. 28 (Eng.). See generally Barclays Bank PLC v. Fairclough Bldg. Ltd., [1995] Q.B. 214; see 12(1) HALSBURY'S LAWS OF ENGLAND Damages [paragraphs] 1047-50 (4th ed. reissue (77.) U.K. Government Indemnity Scheme [GIS], c. 4.4 (199......
  • Whither Remoteness? Wellesley Partners LLP v Withers LLP
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 79-4, July 2016
    • 1 July 2016
    ...vMerrett ibid,185).5Forsikringsaktieselskapet Vesta vButcher [1988] 3 WLR 565, affirmed [1989] AC 852 (HL).6 [1986] 2 All ER 488.7 [1995] QB 214 (CA). See also Robinson vPE Jones (Contractors) Ltd [2012] QB 44. Neither ofthese is a professional services case.8 [1999] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 506 (Colma......
  • Contributory Negligence Applied to Economic Loss: Platform Home Loans and Fancy and Jackson
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 62-2, March 1999
    • 1 March 1999
    ...than simply an adjustment ofcompensation and that is to be welcomed.37 See for example Barclays Bank plc vFairclough Building Ltd [1995] 1 All ER 289, where it was heldthat damages could not be reduced to take account of the plaintiff’s contributory negligence where thedefendant was in brea......

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