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Spartan Steel v Martin & Co Ltd
Pure economic loss is not recoverable
Jain v Strategic Health Authority
No duty on local authority to avoid causing C pure economic loss
Hedley Byrne v Heller & Partners Ltd
C can recover for pure economic loss where there is a negligent misstatement and a special relationship
Smith v Eric S Bush
A surveyor has professional expertise so it was reasonably foreseeable that C would rely on his report
Lennon v MPC
A personnel officer with access to specialist knowledge possessed a specialist skill or expertise
Chaudhry v Prabhakar
D can 'possess a specialist skill or expertise' if C has relied on D's skill and judgement
Mutual Life v Evatt
A person with specialist skill and expertise only owes C a duty of care if they hold themselves out as being in the business of giving advice in that area
Caparo v Dickman
D must know the identity of the person or class of persons who will rely on his statement (3)
Law Society v Peat Marwick
D will only be liable for his statement if when making it he knows or ought to know the purpose for which it will be used (4)
JEB Fasteners v Marks Bloom & Co
C must show both that he relied on D's statement and that it was reasonable to do so (5)
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