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001			ABS38904
008			090401t1988 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u13229
041			_aeng
245			_aSimaan General Contracting Co v Pilkington Glass Ltd (2)
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aNew Law Journal _v138 (6345) 26 February 1988, 53-55(3)
520			_aCA 17 February 1988 The plaintiffs Simaan (S) were main contractors for a building to be erected in Abu Dhabi which required double glazed units of green glass to be incorporated into curtain walling . The supply and erection of the curtain walling was sub contracted out to another company, which under the terms of the sub contract ordered the glass panels from the defendants, Pilkington (P). The glass supplied was not of a uniform colour and the building owner withheld payment from S until the panels were replaced. S sued P for economic loss caused by the withholding of payment. ORC held that P owed a duty of care . On appeal by P, the CA held that there was no general rule that claims in negligence might succeed on proof of foreseeable economic loss. Appeal accordingly allowed.
650			_aSUBCONTRACTORS
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c8518 _d8518