This will require reading the following cases in order to gain an
understanding ofthe difference between negligent acts causing physical damage and negligent statements causing economic loss. Donoghue
Stevenson [1932] AC 562 (negligent act resulting in physical injury)
Hedley Byrne& Co Ltd v Heller & Partners [1964] AC 465 (Economic
suffered as a result of negligent misstatement)
MLC & Evatt (1968) 122 CLR 556
Esanda Finance Ltd v Peat Marwick Hungerfords (1997) 188 CLR 241
Perre v Apand (1999) 198 CLR 180
Do not consider any statutes.