Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company Ltd v Evatt

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1970
Date1970
Year1970
CourtPrivy Council
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191 cases
  • Appleton Hall Ltd v T. Geddes Grant Distributors Ltd
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 29 July 2011
    ...in any contact with TMF but for the intervention of Mr Ashley. 32 [20] Mr Braham pointed out that the Privy Council in Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt [1971] AC 793 had narrowed the scope for finding or establishing a duty in cases of negligent misstatement. In that case,......
  • Spring v Guardian Assurance Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • Invalid date
  • Spring (A.P.) v Guardian Assurance Plc and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 7 July 1994
    ...the conclusion which I have expressed may be thought to be inconsistent with the decision of the Privy Council in Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Evatt [1971] A.C. 793. There a claim was made against a company for damages arising from negligent advice gratuitously supplied ......
  • Kestrel Holdings Pty Ltd v Apf Properties Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • Invalid date
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11 books & journal articles
  • The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 45-2, June 2017
    • 1 June 2017
    ...Law in Australia (Allen & Unwin, 1995) 178. 68 (1968) 122 CLR 556. 69 Ibid 563. 70 See Mutual Life and Citizens’ Assurance Co v Evatt (1970) 122 CLR 628 (PC). 71 (1974) 129 CLR 576 (PC). 72 Geelong Harbour Trust Commissioners v Gibbs Bright & Co (1970) 122 CLR 504. 73 Townsville Harbour Boa......
  • The use and Enforcement of Soft Law by Australian Public Authorities
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 42-1, March 2014
    • 1 March 2014
    ...The decision of the High Court was overturned by a bare majority in the Privy Council: Mutual Life & Citizens' Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt (1970) 122 CLR 628, ('MLC v Evatt (PC)'). The High Court was no longer bound by the Pri vy Council's decision when it later heard L Shaddock & Associates P......
  • The odyssey of pure economic loss
    • South Africa
    • Juta Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 29 May 2019
    ...e a powe rful pol icy facto r ind icating determinate liability and so affecting the un lawfulness of an alleged delict. Furthermore, 144 [1971] AC 793 (PC). 145 Note 28. 146 At 144G-H. 147 At 145F-G. 148 (1997) 2ed vol 1 para 49 at 44-5. Incidentally, Howard JP's restrictive approach to th......
  • Misrepresentation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • 4 August 2020
    ...3 [ Rainbow Industrial ]; Queen v Cognos Inc (1993), 99 DLR (4th) 626 (SCC) [ Queen v Cognos ]. 126 Mutual Life Assurance v Evatt , [1971] 1 All ER 150 (PC). 127 See, for example, RH Peden Construction Ltd v Resolute Construction (1977) Ltd (1980), 31 AR 453 (QB); Nelson Lumber , above note......
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