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Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd

[1972] EWCA Civ 3; [1973] QB 27; [1972] 3 All ER 557

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

Year1972

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Damages in negligence are recoverable for physical damage and economic loss directly consequential on that physical damage, but not for pure economic loss unconnected to any physical damage to the claimant's property.

Area of Law

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