Hamble Fisheries Ltd v Gardner and Sons Ltd: CA 5 Jan 1999

Without a contractual or other proximal relationship showing voluntary assumption of responsibility, no one party is liable to another for damages for pure financial losses, even though such losses were reasonably foreseeable.

Citations:

Times 05-Jan-1999, Gazette 10-Feb-1999

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Negligence, Damages

Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.81181