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Breach of duty and causation: Where are we now?
Christopher Sharp QC and Matthew White analyse recent developments and provide practical advice ‘Ultimately it may be judicial pragmatism that provides the key (if not a principled solution) to the apparent conflicts in the case law.’ Must a claimant prove that a defendant’s breach of duty caused their loss before being entitled to recover damages …
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- Blatch v Archer (1774) 98 ER 969
- Chester v Afshar [2004] UKHL 41
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- Dunlop Holdings Ltd’s Application [1979] RPC 523 (CA)
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- Lee v Nursery Furnishings Ltd [1945] 1 All ER 387
- McGhee v National Coal Board [1972] UKHL 7
- Rahman v Arearose Ltd [2000] EWCA Civ 190
- Snell v Farrell [1990] 2 SCR 311
- Vaile v London Borough of Havering [2011] EWCA Civ 246
- Ward v Tesco Stores [1976] 1 WLR 810
- Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1988] AC 1074
- Wilson v Clyne Farm Centre [2013] EWHC 229 (QB)
- Wisniewski v Central Manchester HA [1998] EWCA Civ 596