Watch the damage, not the cash contractors generally have no duty to protect clients against economic loss caused by defects

Anderson, Alexandra

Watch the damage, not the cash contractors generally have no duty to protect clients against economic loss caused by defects - 2011 - Construction News (7214) 21 April 2011, 34(1) .

In the Robinson v Jones case the court found that while a contractor will owe a duty to protect his client against personal injury or damage to other property caused by any defects with the works, he will not owe a duty to protect against purely economic losses caused by defects with the works.


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