Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd; Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Keith of Kinkel,Lord Brandon of Oakbrook,Lord Griffiths,Lord Mackay of Clashfern,Lord Goff of Chieveley
Judgment Date05 February 1987
Judgment citation (vLex)[1987] UKHL J0205-1
CourtHouse of Lords
Docket NumberNo. 2.
Date05 February 1987
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153 cases
  • Fitzsimons v Telecom Éireann
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 January 1991
    ...of seeking damages for shock in the sense intended by the authorities to which he referred. He relied also on Smith .v. Littlewoods 1987 1 All E.R. 710. That was a case in which it was held on the facts that the occupier of premises which had been closed up preparatory to demolition could n......
  • The President of Majlis Perbandaran Tawau v Amiruddin bin Rasake & 245 Ors (and Another Appeal)
    • Malaysia
    • Court of Appeal (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Anne Mitchell+karin Mitchell (aps) V. Glasgow City Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 29 February 2008
    ...Co Ltd v Home Office [1970] A.C. 1004; Carmarthenshire County Council v Lewis [1955] A.C. 549; Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd [1987] A.C. 241; Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria [1997] Q.B. 464, at pages 478H to 479C, 483G to 484E, and 487B-D; and W v Essex County Council [2001......
  • Mitchell and another v Glasgow City Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 18 February 2009
    ...duty of care: see, for example, Dorset Yacht Co Ltd v Home Office [1970] AC 1004, 1037–1038, per Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest; Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd (reported in the Session Cases as Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd) 1987 SC (HL) 37, 59, per Lord Griffiths; Hill v Chief ......
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  • Pure Omissions: Rushbond PLC V The J S Design Partnership LLP
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 18 August 2020
    ...the common law does not generally impose liability for negligence in relation to pure omissions (Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd [1987] AC 241, approved by the Supreme Court in Michael). The judge acknowledged that the rule was not absolute and that exceptions had where the defendant w......
17 books & journal articles
  • The site
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...per Staughton LJ. 80 [1948] 2 KB 48. 81 See also Lamb v Camden LBC [1981] 1 QB 625 at 635, per Lord Denning MR; Smith v Littlewoods [1987] 2 WLR 480 at 503, per Lord Gof; Mitchell v Glasgow City Council [2009] 1 AC 874 at 887 [23], per Lord Hope, at 898–899 [57], per Lord Rodger; Moore Step......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Law of Torts. Fourth Edition
    • 8 September 2011
    ...(C.A.)............................................................................... 100 , 101 Smith v. Littlewoods Organisation Ltd., [1987] A.C. 241 (H.L.) ....................... 106 Snell v. Farrell, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 311, 72 D.L.R. (4th) 289 ..............56, 57, 58, 59, 60 Snushall v. ......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Law of Torts. Fifth Edition
    • 30 August 2015
    ...2 W.L.R. 148 (C.A.) .................................................................. 104 , 105 Smith v. Littlewoods Organisation Ltd., [1987] A.C. 241 (H.L.) ....................... 110 Snell v. Farrell, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 311, 72 D.L.R. (4th) 289 ................... 57, 58, 60, 62 THE LAW O......
  • No reflective loss: The English approach reconsidered
    • South Africa
    • Juta Journal of Corporate Commercial Law & Practice No. , April 2021
    • 31 March 2021
    ...v Lord Advocate 1963 AC 837; Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd 1970 AC 1004; Nettleship v Weston 1971 2 QB 691; Maloco v Littlewoods 1987 AC 241; Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire 1989 AC 53; Wilson v Chief Constable of Lothian & Borders 1999 ScotCS 99. © Juta and Company (Pty) 3NO R......
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