Tai Hing Cotton Mill v Liu Chong Hing Bank: Difference between revisions

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A case, sadly now discredited, on [[concurrent liability]] in [[contract]] and [[tort]].
{{cn}}A case, sadly now discredited, on [[concurrent liability]] in [[contract]] and [[tort]].


Neatly summed up by Lord Scarman, thus:  
Neatly summed up by Lord Scarman, thus:  


{{Box|Their lordships do not believe that there is anything to the advantage of the law’s development in searching for a liability in tort where the parties are in a contractual relationship.}}
Their lordships do not believe that there is anything to the advantage of the law’s development in searching for a liability in tort where the parties are in a contractual relationship.


Sadly, overruled by {{casenote|Henderson|Merrett}}.  
Sadly, overruled by {{casenote|Henderson|Merrett}}.  
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A good chap, that Lord Scarman.
A good chap, that Lord Scarman.


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*[[concurrent liability]]
*[[concurrent liability]]
*[[negligence, fraud or wilful default]]
*[[negligence, fraud or wilful default]]