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41Hedley Byrne v. Heller — Partners Ltd. [1963] 2 All E.R. 575 is the decision of the House of Lords that first recognized the possibility of liability for pure economic loss, not dependent on any contractual relationship, for negligent statements. The basis of this… …
42English tort law — Tort law in England and Wales concerns civil wrongs, as distinguished from criminal wrongs. Some wrongs are the concern of the state, and so the police with aids can enforce the law on the wrongdoers in court in a criminal case. A tort is not… …
43Anns v. Merton London Borough Council — [1978] A.C. 728 was decided in the House of Lords. It established a broad test for determining the existence of a duty of care in the tort of negligence called the Anns test or sometimes retronymically the two stage test. Facts and background In… …
44Home Office v. Dorset Yacht Co. — Infobox Court Case name = Home Office v. Dorset Yacht Co. court = House of Lords date filed = date decided = 6 May 1970 full name = The Home Office v. The Dorset Yacht Company Limited citations = [1970] 2 All ER 294, [1970] AC 1004, [1970] UKHL 2 …
45United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods — The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (abbrev. CISG) [United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, Vienna, 11 April 1980, S.Treaty Document Number 98 9 (1984), UN Document… …
46Bettel v. Yim — (1978), 20 O.R. (2d) 617 is a famous Canadian tort case from Ontario. The Court established that an individual is liable for all harm that flows from his or her conduct even where the harm was not intended.Two young men, Bettel and a friend,… …
47Causation in English law — This article refers to the legal tests of remoteness, causation and foreseeability in the tort of negligence.In the English law of negligence, causation proves a direct link between the defendant’s negligence and the claimant’s loss and damage.… …
48Assessment of suicide risk — uicide risk assessment in practiceSuicide risk assessment is ethically complex: the concept of imminent suicide (implying the foreseeability of an inherently unpredictable act) is a legal construct in a clinical guise, which can be used to… …
49List of law topics (F-M) — NOTOC Law [From Old English lagu something laid down or fixed ; legal comes from Latin legalis , from lex law , statute ( [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=law searchmode=none Law] , Online Etymology Dictionary; [http://www.m… …
50Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd — Smith v. Littlewoods Organisation Ltd [1987] 2 WLR 480 was a House of Lords decision on duty of care in the tort of Negligence. It was concerned in particular with potential liability for the wrondoing of third parties.FactsLittlewoods bought a… …
