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Barclays Bank v Fairclough Building Ltd

06 May 1994

Citation: QB 214; [1994] 3 WLR 1057, [1995] 1 All ER 289 and [1994] EWCA Civ 3

Nature of case: The Court of Appeal considered whether the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 entitled a defendant to raise contributory negligence as a defence to a claim for breach of contract, or whether the defence was only applicable in claims in negligence or for breach of statutory duty. Link to Judgment 

Counsel

Tim Elliott KC
Tim Elliott KC
Adrian Williamson KC
Adrian Williamson KC