Barclays Bank Plc v Fairclough Building Ltd: CA 11 May 1994

Contributory negligence is no defence to a claim which was made out strictly in contract only.

Citations:

Gazette 29-Jun-1994, Times 11-May-1994, [1994] EWCA Civ 3, [1995] QB 214, [1995] 1 All ER 289, [1994] 3 WLR 1057

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 1(1), 4

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See alsoBarclays Bank Plc v Fairclough Building Ltd (No 2) CA 15-Feb-1995
Contractors taking on building work should be assumed to have taken account of the possible presence of asbestos when quoting for the work. . .

Cited by:

See alsoBarclays Bank Plc v Fairclough Building Ltd (No 2) CA 15-Feb-1995
Contractors taking on building work should be assumed to have taken account of the possible presence of asbestos when quoting for the work. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Contract, Negligence

Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.78202