Summary Pure Economic Loss

PURE ECONOMIC LOSS
No lability for E . L . caused by physical injury or
damage
to property as there isn't a
duty of care to suffer a pure
economic loss Spartan Steel v Martain

mem
matter of poucy
assumes the business has insurance

You cannot claum for a pure economic loss unlessIt
was due to a misstatement
negligent
Special relationship test Hedley Byrne

1 defendant possesses or claims expertise

defendant
gives advice/info for a known
2.
purpose

.
3 defendant knows it will be passed to a specific

group/person
M defendant should / know it will be reued upon.
.




. claimant
5 relied on that information

outlined in Caparo v Dickman