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Duty of care when performing gratuitous services for friends (TCC)
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Duty of care when performing gratuitous services for friends (TCC)
In Burgess and another v Lejonvarn [2016] EWHC 40 (TCC), Alexander Nissen QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, found a professional consultant owed a duty of care in tort for gratuitous services she had performed for her friends.
Note: an appeal against this judgment was unsuccessful, see Legal update, Duty of care when performing gratuitous services for friends (Court of Appeal).
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Published on 20-Jan-2016
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