| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2004] All ER (D) 344 (Feb) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2004] EWCA Civ 130 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Ward, Mummery and Rix LJJ |
| Representation | Gavin Millar QC and Anthony Hudson (instructed by Russell, Jones & Walker) for the claimant. |
| Timothy Pitt-Payne (instructed by the Metropolitan Police Legal Services Department) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 20 February 2004 |
Catchwords
Negligence - Duty of care - Pure economic loss - Negligent omission to give advice - Relationship akin to employment - Assumption of duty to give advice.
The Case
A negligent omission to give advice even where the parties were in a relation of employer and employee or in a situation akin to employment or equivalent would not prevent an action for pure economics loss from succeeding.
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