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D&F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England

[1989] AC 177; [1988] UKHL 4
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1988
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

In the absence of physical injury or damage to other property, the cost of repairing a defect in a building is irrecoverable pure economic loss in tort.

Area of Law

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