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South Australia Asset Management Corp v York Montague Ltd
[1997] AC 191; [1996] UKHL 10
Key Principle
A defendant who negligently supplies information for the purpose of enabling another to decide on a course of action is liable only for the foreseeable consequences of the information being wrong, not for all losses flowing from that course of action; the recoverable loss is limited by the scope of the duty assumed (the SAAMCO principle).
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