000			01595cab a2200217 4500
001			ABS49128
008			090401t1993 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u70132
041			_aeng
245			_aLancashire and Cheshire Association of Baptist Churches Inc v Howard & Seddon Partnership
260			_c1993
350			_a0
490			_aAll England Law Reports _v(1993) 3 All ER 467-481(8)
520			_aQBD 5 March 1993. L entered a contractual relationship with architects (H) to design a sanctuary for their church. H were for all practical purposes the contractor with power of supervision. L was dissatisfied because of alleged defects in design in relation to ventilation and avoidance of condensation. L issued a writ claiming damages for breach of contract and negligence. H claimed that where there was a contract between the parties, or at least a contract for professional services, there could not, as a matter of law, be a duty of tort. Held, that there could be a duty of care actionable in the tort of negligence where the parties were in a contractual professional relationship. When H had submitted designs these were to help L consider the accommodation and appearance of the building not to detail its technical adequacy. In the absence of actual damage to the person or the property, any loss sustained by L as owners of the building was purely economic and H owed no duty of care t
650			_aDESIGN LIABILITY
650			_aDUTY OF CARE
650			_aDUTY OF TORT
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c44122 _d44122