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A germane category of non-contractual liability that can often sit side-by-side with contractual liabilities: one not to be sniffed at – often the liability will fall outside the ambit of an associated contract, so questions of [[concurrent liability]] -– already a difficult area of the law in any case – will not get you home.  
{{a|tort|}}A germane category of non-contractual liability that can often sit side-by-side with contractual liabilities: one not to be sniffed at – often the liability will fall outside the ambit of an associated contract, so questions of [[concurrent liability]] -– already a difficult area of the law in any case – will not get you home.  


The modern law on [[negligent misstatement]] all flows from a single, celebrated case: {{casenote|Hedley Byrne|Heller}} – which, irony of ironies, found that whilst one ''could'' be liable for a [[negligent misstatement]], in this case the defendant was ''not'', on account of an artfully placed [[disclaimer]] of exactly the liability in question.
The modern law on [[negligent misstatement]] all flows from a single, celebrated case: {{casenote|Hedley Byrne|Heller}} – which, irony of ironies, found that whilst one ''could'' be liable for a [[negligent misstatement]], in this case the defendant was ''not'', on account of an artfully placed [[disclaimer]] of exactly the liability in question.
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Recently supported in a good outing for the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ireland in  {{casenote|Walsh|Jones Lang Lasalle}}.
Recently supported in a good outing for the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ireland in  {{casenote|Walsh|Jones Lang Lasalle}}.


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*[[Negligence]]
*[[Negligence]]
*[[Concurrent liability]]
*[[Concurrent liability]]

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A germane category of non-contractual liability that can often sit side-by-side with contractual liabilities: one not to be sniffed at – often the liability will fall outside the ambit of an associated contract, so questions of concurrent liability -– already a difficult area of the law in any case – will not get you home.

The modern law on negligent misstatement all flows from a single, celebrated case: Hedley Byrne v Heller – which, irony of ironies, found that whilst one could be liable for a negligent misstatement, in this case the defendant was not, on account of an artfully placed disclaimer of exactly the liability in question.

Recently supported in a good outing for the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ireland in Walsh v Jones Lang Lasalle.

See also