Wessex Regional Health Authority v HLM Design Ltd and John H Webb & Associates & others

Wessex Regional Health Authority v HLM Design Ltd and John H Webb & Associates & others - 1994 - Construction Industry Law Letter 1994 CILL 907-910(4) .

ORC 24 January 1994. Action brought by Wessex RHA (W) against architects (H) and consulting engineers (J) for alleged breach of a common law duty of care. The issue was whether H and J owed tortious duty to take reasonable care to prevent or avoid economic loss. Held that H and J owed W a duty of care in contract and tort to prevent or avoid economic loss. "Midland Bank v Anderson & Feltrim" 1993 considered.


ARCHITECTS
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
DUTY OF CARE
ECONOMIC LOSS
NEGLIGENCE