Recovery for negligent misstatement is only possible if there is found to be a special relationship between the parties and reasonable reliance by the claimant upon the defendant’s words. If these tests are satisfied then all the losses flowing from the misstatement are recoverable, including any pure economic loss that has been incurred.
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Hedley Byrne v Heller [1964] AC 465
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Recovery for negligent misstatement is only possible if there is found to be a special relationship between the parties and reasonable reliance by the claimant upon the defendant’s words. If these tests are satisfied then all the losses flowing from the misstatement are recoverable, including any pure economic loss that has been incurred.
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Recovery for negligent misstatement is only possible if there is found to be a special relationship between the parties and reasonable reliance by the claimant upon the defendant’s words. If these tests are satisfied then all the losses flowing from the misstatement are recoverable, including any pure economic loss that has been incurred.
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Hedley Byrne v Heller [1964] AC 465
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Open it Recovery for negligent misstatement is only possible if there is found to be a special relationship between the parties and reasonable reliance by the claimant upon the defendant’s words. If these tests are satisfied then all the losses flowing from the misstatement are recoverable, including any pure economic loss that has been incurred. This case is of increasing importance, given the recent tendency of the courts to restrict the ambit of the other exceptions.
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