10 Apr 1990
CHARLES FRANCIS KELLAWAY HAWKES v. MECO ENGINEERING LTD.
- Citation
- CHARLES FRANCIS KELLAWAY HAWKES v. MECO ENGINEERING LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA5965/1988
The statements of claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action against the fifth defendant. Following D. & F. Estates Ltd., remedial costs incurred to render safe a discovered defect constitute purely economic loss not recoverable in tort where no physical damage to other property has been caused by the defendant's negligence; here any damage to other parts resulted from the remedial work, not from the hidden defect, so recovery in negligence is not permitted.