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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	English law
gptkbp:area	Tort law Negligence
gptkbp:citation	[1973] QB 27
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date	1973
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Martin_&_Co_(Contractors)_Ltd
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Lord_Denning_MR gptkb:Edmund_Davies_LJ gptkb:Stephenson_LJ gptkb:Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Spartan_Steel_&_Alloys_Ltd
gptkbp:plotSummary	Defendant negligently cut an electricity cable, causing loss to plaintiff's factory
gptkbp:principle	Pure economic loss is not generally recoverable in negligence Distinction between consequential and pure economic loss
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Weller_&_Co_v_Foot_and_Mouth_Disease_Research_Institute gptkb:Hedley_Byrne_&_Co_Ltd_v_Heller_&_Partners_Ltd
gptkbp:result	Plaintiff could recover for physical damage and consequential loss, but not for pure economic loss
gptkbp:subject	Negligent infliction of economic loss
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lord_Denning
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6