The comeback kid
Series: Building ; 265(8166) 15 December 2000, 72(1)Publication details: 2000Subject(s): Summary: Describes how negligence claims, once common for multi-party actions, may still be used in cases where the law will still impose a duty of care for both economic and physical loss. Multi-party actions for negligence had been common in the 1970s and 1980s but were stemmed by the ruling in "Murphy". Using cases since the 1990s, the article shows that a duty of care for economic loss has become difficult and complex but that duty of care for physical loss is more easily established, at least where the wrongdoer is a builder - but such claims are few.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS63341 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 110302-1001 |
Describes how negligence claims, once common for multi-party actions, may still be used in cases where the law will still impose a duty of care for both economic and physical loss. Multi-party actions for negligence had been common in the 1970s and 1980s but were stemmed by the ruling in "Murphy". Using cases since the 1990s, the article shows that a duty of care for economic loss has become difficult and complex but that duty of care for physical loss is more easily established, at least where the wrongdoer is a builder - but such claims are few.