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Australia Leading Case duty of carepure economic loss

Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v Owners Corporation Strata Plan 61288

(2014) 254 CLR 185
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year2014
StatusBinding authority

Summary

A builder owes no duty of care in negligence for pure economic loss to subsequent purchasers of apartments where the plaintiff was not vulnerable and could have contracted for protection.

Key Principle

The HCA held that a builder owes no duty of care for pure economic loss to subsequent purchasers of apartments; vulnerability and reasonable reliance are key factors, and a strata corporation that could have contracted for protections was not vulnerable.

Area of Law

tort

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