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Limitation period for negligent design
Practical Law UK Legal Update Case Report 4-200-4570 (Approx. 5 pages)
Limitation period for negligent design
Abbott v Will Gannon & Smith Ltd, 2 March 2005, (Court of Appeal).
In the case of Pirelli General Cable Works Ltd v Oscar Faber & Partners [1983] 2 AC 1, the House of Lords decided that the owner of a building had a cause of action against his consulting engineer for negligent design, which accrued from the date upon which the physical damage to the building first occurred.
This case challenged the law in Pirelli on the basis that the subsequent case of Murphy v Brentwood DC [1991] AC 398 decided that the cause of action accrues when the building owner suffers economic loss and that this is inconsistent with Pirelli.
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Law stated as at 07-Mar-2005
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