CONTENTS

Preface................................................................................................................... v

Acknowledgements.................................................................................................

List of Contributors................................................................................................. xi

Table of Cases...................................................................................................... xiii

Table of Legislation.......................................................................................... xxxiii

Part 1: Issues

1. Hedley Byrne v Heller: Issues at the Beginning of the

Twenty-First Century..................................................................................... 3

Kit Barker

Part 2: History, Concepts and Theory

2. Hedley Byrne v Heller in Australia: ‘Never has there

been such a Judicial Jamboree'..................................................................... 29

Warren Swain

3. The Assumption of Responsibility............................................................... 49

Andrew Robertson and Julia Wang

4. The Basis of the Hedley Byrne Action............................................................ 83

Allan Beever

5. The Curious Incident of the Dog that did Bark in the Night-Time:

What Mischief does Hedley Byrne v Heller Correct?.................................... 111

David Campbell

Part 3: Intersections and Distributions of Liability

6. EquityasTort?............................................................................................. 135

Paul Finn

7. Limitations on Defendant Liability for Misleading or

Deceptive Conduct Under Statute: Some Insights from

Negligent Misstatement..............................................................................

Elise Bant and Jeannie Paterson

8. Advisor Liability: Claims for Contribution or Reimbursement

Between an Advisor and the Advisee's Contract-Partner........................... 191

Sirko Harder

Contents

Part 4: Comparative Perspectives

9. What are We Doing Here? The Relationship Between Negligence in General and Misstatements in English Law.................................................................... 223

Christian Witting

10. Negligent Misstatement in the United States............................................. 245

Jay M Feinman

11. Hedley Byrne: Misused, then Exiled by the Supreme Court

of Canada................................................................................................... 261

Bruce Feldthusen

12. Liability Under Hedley Byrne for ‘Pre-Contract'

Negligent Misrepresentation: A New Zealand Perspective......................... 291

David McLauchlan

13. Negligent Misstatement in Australia—Resolving the

Uncertain Legacy of Esanda........................................................................ 319

Kit Barker

Appendix............................................................................................................. 345

Index.................................................................................................................. 359