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Whose loss is it anyway?

By: Series: Building ; 265(8151) 1 September 2000, 64(1)Publication details: 2000Subject(s): Summary: Discusses the HL decision in "Alfred McAlpine v Panatown" which held that a company that hasn't suffered direct loss from defective work can't sue for damages under the provisions of common law. The dispute is one of the longest running in construction history.

Discusses the HL decision in "Alfred McAlpine v Panatown" which held that a company that hasn't suffered direct loss from defective work can't sue for damages under the provisions of common law. The dispute is one of the longest running in construction history.