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Is there anything to be gained, under an English law contract from restricting your liability to losses occasioned by your '''''gross''''' {{tag|negligence}} — as opposed to your ''ordinary'' [[negligence]]? | Is there anything to be gained, under an English law contract from restricting your liability to losses occasioned by your '''''gross''''' {{tag|negligence}} — as opposed to your ''ordinary'' [[negligence]]? | ||
It is hard to sustain in the face of stout objection. On one hand, these days, {{tag| | It is hard to sustain in the face of stout objection. On one hand, these days, {{tag|gross negligence}} ''does'' seem to mean ''something'' at English law — ''[[obiter dicta|obiter]]'' — it’s just that it is not entirely clear what: | ||
:''“Certainly the last time this issue came before the Court of Appeal they decided that the debate about its meaning was a “somewhat sterile and semantic one.”'' <small>([http://www.linklaters.com/Publications/Publication1403Newsletter/TMT_Newsletter_March_2011/Pages/08_UK_When_Does_Negligence_Become_Gross_Negligence.aspx Linklaters publication])</small> | :''“Certainly the last time this issue came before the Court of Appeal they decided that the debate about its meaning was a “somewhat sterile and semantic one.”'' <small>([http://www.linklaters.com/Publications/Publication1403Newsletter/TMT_Newsletter_March_2011/Pages/08_UK_When_Does_Negligence_Become_Gross_Negligence.aspx Linklaters publication])</small> | ||