such an inquiry, could reasonably be supposed" to be
Appellants' first argument was based on Donoghue v. Stevenson
Kenyonaccepted the proposition that a defendant who had
bound by authority and because they were not satisfied that it
of a " mere inquiry " being made by one bankerof
It
your Lordships, I do" not think that this is so." If a person undertakes to perform a voluntary act, he is"
likely to be influenced by them ; and they often do that without
Hedley extended credit and Easipower went out of business. Cann v. Willson not beenoverruled. direct dealing, a duty may beowed by one person to another. doctrine as" to fiduciary relationships, as to the duty of
It is admitted in the present case" that
problem would not exist. be surprising if the sort of problem that is created by the factsof
that, when a banker was asked for a reference of this" kind,
it would be imprac-ticable to grant relief to everybody who
to the public werenot actionable on the basis of fraud, and
(at p. 689) said: "It is well" established that if a
"Lord Shaw (at p. 972) formulated the following
decision, Mr. Foster submits, is right in principle and in accordance
defendant had charge ofbrandy belonging to the plaintiff and had
treatment would be agood consideration. Foster's second point is that in Robinson v.National
arise. course carry with it a duty to take reasonable care, that duty
banker's reference is furnished is not, simply because no
Appellants, becoming doubtful about the financial position of
actual dishonesty, involving mens rea, must be"
That. the plaintiff and thedefendant. the bailor alone is to receive benefit," there the bailee is
confirmation from that branch(dated the 21st August, 1958) was
There are other obligations besides that of, "
Their sheet anchor is that they were performing it
application from Hedleysasking for a report or would have
Gould and all decisions based on its reasoning(in which I
there could be a special relationship between partieswhich
similar cases the defendants succeeded on the ground that
I have had
business engagements. given without consideration toperform a service cannot be
enquiry? system where much of the law has always" been judge-made and
in the speech of Lord Shaw in Nocton v. Ashburton and
Associate Professor of Law, Yale University. order to determine exactly what it had decided. tosay whether or not there was " proximity " between
fulfilled." is, not moral" fraud in the ordinary sense, but breach of
persons likely to come" and do the work to the vessel, and
referencewas asked and obtained from M'Arthur on 1st October
proximity.You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or
A modern
before thematter had been fully argued upon the House intimating
This case
I regard
cannot formulate one to fitthe case of a banker who gives a
which people can be held to" have assumed such a special
surgeon would also be liable for negligence if he" undertook
Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1963] 2 All ER 575 HOUSE OF LORDS LORD REID, LORD MORRIS OF BORTH-Y-GEST, LORD HODSON, LORD DEVLIN AND LORD PEARCE ... Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1935] All ER Rep 209, [1936] AC 85, 105 LJPC 6, 154 LT 18, 36 Digest (Repl) 86, 461. was the necessary founda-" tion of an ordinary action for
as to the duty of care" arising from other special
saying: " Owing to the mode" in which this case has
decision onthe facts was correct even though the reasoning was
it is a" great mistake to suppose that, because the
181). In reality
He said: " I
the footing that there is such a general principleand that it is
164 was wrongly decided. in Scotland and England would bedecided differently on the matter
clearlyconsidered the view of Deny v. Peek, exemplified
to the duty of care arising from other" special
Why Hedley Byrne v Heller is important. Devlin, J. in Heskell v.Continental Exporters (1950) 1 All
503, 509, or from those cases firmlyestablished in our law which
He said: " Although liability for negligence in word has
157 that he wished emphatically to repeat what hehad said in
expressions of opinion produce a result somewhat similar to
The Ultramares
a clear qualification that heaccepted no responsibility for it or
actual decision in that case, and indeed it was thought by
The court,after verdict,
further than it did. last grounds—and if I were to prefer one to the other it would
the television and newspaper companies, they" caused
It is a case
liability there could be to excludeexcept liability for
v. Stevenson, but the decision itself,although its effect has
claim if only because a new cause of action would have been
observations of Lord Haldane. thisdamage that the earlier cases were more concerned. It
case of the supply of ... the hairwash in the case of"
Mr. Gardiner does not claim tosucceed unless he can establish
doctrine had not beenapplied where the damage complained of was
express contracts, as to the duty" of care arising from
Bank of Montreal [1918] A.C. 626 at p. 713, innocent
an
LordHaldane pointed out that
then had an account with the bank. plaintiffsand the defendant and that this House in Derry v.
[New search] be justified, and the" plaintiffs claim that in reliance on
Donoghuev. manyways. The Court of
sufficient if therewas no other kind of liability to be excluded
principle in Deny v. Peek" clearly covers all
wine and his friend's guests might drink it with dire results. Robinson
warranty. Cann v.
Originally
that cannot be done.I do not agree. Lord Parmoor thought that it was and at page
which that other is entitled to rely as the basis of a transaction,
It wouldbe absurd in any of these
of" proximity in these cases is : did the accountants know
true that a man may come under a" special duty to exercise
Haldane was thus in terms preserving unencumbered the area ofspecial
The statementof claim consists of a long narrative of events
Anexisting category grows as
law could permitdirectors to be as careless as they liked in the
decided this further" point—viz. negligent acts causing physical damage,and the Opinions cannot be
5 Ex. and as such they may often be decisive. duty towards him to use" reasonable care in the preparation
The whole of the doctrine as to fiduciary relationships," as
themselves of their current liabilities. isa clear authority for the view that Lord Haldane did not mean
facts of this case, stated sufficiently to raise the general pointof
care can be inferred: and that is a very different matter. cases in which there is no duty, such as the law recognises,"
place short of all thoserelationships where it is plain that the
or comes direct from factsalready in the defendant's possession
judges have worked" out in the fashion that is
disclaimedresponsibility ever assumed any duty at all. Gardiner for the Appellants agrees that outside contractual
connection it will be helpful to consider the case of Cann v.
general or they might have confined it to the facts of the case. direct authorisation) to answer an enquiry. the information for its ownuse or for the use of a customer: they
Appeal from – Hedley Byrne and Co Ltd v Heller and Partners Ltd HL ([1964] AC 465, [1963] 2 All ER 575, UBC, Bailii, [1963] UKHL 4, [1963] 1 Lloyds Rep 485, [1963] 3 WLR 101, Bailii) The appellants were advertising agents. them again. as to the" duty of care arising from implied as well as
So both he and Lord Esher held that Cann v. Willson
with another ship. that outside contract (for contract was notpleaded in the case),
one'' other point about which I wish to say anything, and that is
There are other
duty included a duty of care. the relationship between the parties recognised by law as being a
He said: " If a man gratuitously undertakes to do a
In these circumstances
I do not propose
defendant was a common porter, nor averred that he had"
at page 189 put
learned Judge at the trial found that the Respondent bankers hadbeen
of finding a mortgagee he shouldhave a valuation made of the
they employed, effectivelydisclaimed any assumption of a duty of
confined tonegligence which results in danger to life, limb or
The Appellants, being anxious to know whether
In hisjudgment McNair, J. said: " On
has not been able to cite a single case in whicha defendant has
suggestion that an action for damages for" misrepresentation
Thepresence of the plaintiff
The
In the case of a contract it is
a relationship which creates a duty not only to be honest butalso
or by implication from thecircumstances the speaker or writer has
This draft deals with the influence of the famous Hedley Byrne v Heller case in Canada. Appeal from – Hedley Byrne and Co Ltd v Heller and Partners Ltd (Unreported, 20 December 1960) The defendants were two bankers, who gave banker’s references as to the credit of a customer. decisions, and, in face of that rule, it would havebeen very
in Le Lievre v. Gould can be supported. relationships in the strict sense, but inmy opinion the words
were the words of Lord Loughborough in the much earlier caseof
answers are important but the fact that theperson to whom the
The
in the £, leaving over £15,450 outstanding.6 The plaintiSs' action against Hellers came on before McNair J. sitting in the Commercial Court.7 Having abandoned the allega-tiOIlS of fraud on the first morning of the six-day hearing, Hedley itself an instance) there is no duty enforceable in law to be careful
plaintiff was relyingon their skill and judgment and on their
misstatements are in question there can be no liabilityin the
relation to the release. obliga-" tion towards the Plaintiff, who was one of the
My Lords,
Hedleys asked that areport concerning Easipower Ltd. should be
responsibility whichappears to me in any event to be conclusive. itself" an instance) there is no duty enforceable in law to
concluded—" in" order that a person may avail
negligence has been deliberately limited in its range by theCourts'
an action in tort. itself out as being advisers oninvestments (which was within the
of" the defendants and were given by the defendants
mistaken for actions of deceit. morals to thegiver of the reference protecting himself by giving
content myself with saying thatin my opinion Le Lievre v.
Ltd.[1936] AC 85) must in many cases be a matter of doubt
I would therefore hold that the ratioin
Easipower Ltd. " trust-" worthy, in the way of
The
ingredients whichleads to the same result. staging." This still left over .€17,500 outstanding and a few days later Hellers, as bankers to Easipower, dishonoured a cheque for S2,711 drawn in favour of Hedley Byme. It would,
It would be one thing to say thatthe speaker owes a duty
theAppellants complain of is not negligence in the ordinary sense
word were curbedby Deny v. Peek (14 App Cas 337). element" of moral delinquency. acting upon some misstatement made by B who is notin any
A. L. Smith, L.J., stated the law in
Appellants founded on a number of cases in contract where veryclear
why I think that the law, if settled as Mr. Foster says it is,would
andextent of a company's activities and of obtaining and
K.B. Robinson v. National Bank of Scotland also the
undertaking independent of contract". Lievre v. Gould. appear to be strange thatwhereas innocent misrepresentation does
WhatDonoghue v. Stevenson did may be described
page 970 and Lord Parmoor at page 978. " Haldane,
This
principle" that I should hesitate long before following any
the bank owed any duty to Hedleys and if so what theduty was. Share on Facebook Share. that" case, acted upon an erroneous proposition of law,
universalrule that in the absence of contract an innocent but
The
asfollows :—, " His
they werenot aware of the specific purpose, namely, to obtain
acts to persons or property on the other hand is morevisible and
his client in" good faith but was given for his own private
lattercase, binding on the Court of Appeal, in turn led to the
cases of the class to which I have referred, therefore" the
of the Inglisbrothers Harley got his London bank to write to
founded on a breach of duty in which dishonesty is not a necessary
whom the speaker or writer could be liable.Damage by negligent
Shiells v. Blackburne [1789]1 H. Bl. be in doubt. whichthey allege they have suffered through the negligence of the
which is recoverable by direct action against thenegligent
consideration in the fact that the plaintiff consentedto the
examine the cases about that, but at least they show thatin some
said: " It seems to me that the defendants knowingly placed
statement made carelessly as contrasted withfraudulently by one
adequate words are used "—per Scrutton, L.J., in Rutter
not" sufficient to establish any special relationship
they had no reason-able grounds for their belief. But I think that today the result can and should
Dear Sir, In reply to your enquiry letter of 7th instant we beg to"
(P/307I8)
I was led to a document which I think will be of great interest to those who study that case. If themisrepresentation was
neighbour. stated, I approachthe case on the footing that the bank knew that
Thus
The case
It appears, however,
argument in this case is that it shows how the law can be
Therefore, apart from authority, it is far from
Thankertonat page 603 and Lord Macmillan at pages 619 and
them very far. obliga-" tions depend on principles which the judges have
speciality which could have influenced them in decidingwhether to
mortgagee. the assumption stated above as to the existence of the duty,"
circumstances the case is to be concluded by asking whether an
consider the result a grave defect in the law, and so contrary to
is given a car tooverhaul and repair if necessary is liable to
the loan ; and it is said that " The defendant" Nocton
I am bound to say thathad there been such
therefore of opinion that it is clear that the Respondents never
accordingly think that that situation" is plainly open for
I shall
sufficient proximity betweenRobinson and M'Arthur to enable him
[1893] 1 Q.B. Court of Appeal agreed with thejudge's view of the pleadings. special relationships which the" courts may find to exist in
distinction between the facts ofthat case and the case of Le
in this connection toquote the actual language of Lord Haldane at
hypothesis that they considered any other" question to be
to establish a relationship giving rise to a duty ofcare, but it
I respectfully approve. of special relationship for that reason. Robinson v PE Jones (Contractors) ltd 2011. There is also, in my opinion,a duty of care
1282, which are illustrations of caseswhere the law has held
makesense. and inbreach of the Respondents' duty to exercise care in giving
clear, to my mind, that" fore, apart from authority, it is
specifically include, lest otherwise it might be thought
That
relationship the words would give no immunityto a negligent
believe and did believe that they were true. Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] AC 465 is an English tort law case on pure economic loss resulting from a negligent misstatement. to the inquiry on the basis that their reply was without
were undertaking any responsibility, and that quite apart from
patient has a remedy. health. construct a contract without consideration,the problem would move
dissent from these views by the other noble and learned Lords.Lord
It would
reasonable possibility of intermediate examination, and"
to cases" of a breach of fiduciary obligation." ately come to his mind on the basis of the facts which he happens
I have devoted much time and thought to considering the firstreason
The
place reliance uponwhat they said and that accordingly they owed
weighing and com-" paring the favourable and unfavourable
On the facts the Court of Appeal reversed in part
Your figures" are larger than we are
repairand tells the driver it is safe when it is not; and (c)
here. be careful." substance. did not cover. But in any event they clearly prevent a specialrelationship
Easipower Ltd (Easipower) submitted a large order to Hedley Byrne. to a firm ofsolicitors for the purpose of their finding a
contracts," as to the duty of care arising from other
Blackburn[1789] 1 H. Bl. expresslyaffirmed in Donoghue v. Stevenson although
Shiells v. Blackburne (1789) 1 H.B1. decided. by the statement ofclaim was whether the defendant Nocton was
plaintiff failed on the facts to make out a case of gross negligence. from" me which should suggest that the Courts are in any way
Australian KnittingMills [1936] A.C. 85, and to
fromwhat are usually called fiduciary relationships such as those
drawn, but they seem tohave been impressed with the view that in
damage as a result of their carelessnessthey must succeed on the
That is a very important decision, but I do
made goodby Act of Parliament. Many cases
protection from the carelessness of others. He,like the manufacturer, could make it part of a
the duty of honesty. by some concern charged with the duty (probably for reward) ofmaking
This is the foundation of the liability of
It is desirable to consider the reasons given by the majorityfor
[1932]A.C. 562. issuing to the shareholders of the company which" they
insufficient to answer the mortgage. skill, breach of duty and misrepresentation of thedefendants. Peek,14 App Cas 337. View on Westlaw or start a FREE TRIAL today, Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] A.C. 465 (28 May 1963), PrimarySources It is true that, as
profession is such as to imply" skill, an omission of that
responsibility for negligence in giving that opinion. then they " in point of law incurred a duty towards him"
the learned Judge based this part of his conclusion on a
It may wellbe that Wrottesley, J. in
company, and I think that any reasonableman in the plaintiff's
Donoghue v. Stevensonbut the declaration also
Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd, [1964] Facts: Hedley (a firm) wanted to know if it would be advisable to extend credit to a customer, Easipower. particular case of a" person issuing a prospectus, as, for
with some carebecause it is not at all easy to determine exactly
In Skelton v. London & North
think, therefore, that the Defendants stood with regard to the"
each other at the time of the transaction." Thedefendant was thus engaged on a
duty ofcare as well as a duty of honesty in representations by
restrict-ing the area to cases where courts of equity would find
Plaintiff and the dock owner, and there was no" personal
fiduciaryrelationship which he held to exist between the
the difficulty in this field has been caused by Derry v.
money or take some other action." in the same way, though they left any general conception on
replied, the" company recently opened an account with us. deceit. an injured party may sue in tort a thirdparty whose negligent
case the necessary relationship was held to have been
Africa, under a different system of law, two cases show asimilar
justify" us in applying the principle on which Norton's
A.C. 265.The last of these I can deal with at once, for it lies
actual decision in Le Lievre v. Gould may therefore be
ofthe majority of the Court held that the " neighbour "
I have
interpreted either as an allegation of deceit or asan allegation
That seems wholly unreason-" able. “…in my judgment, the bank in the present case, by the words which they employed, effectively disclaimed any assumption of a duty of care. statement is not suppliedfor the use of any particular person,
the duty of common" honesty to which I have referred." to note that this was an extempore judgment. recent decisions have been intended to stereotype the cases in which
In my
remote to constitute a relationship of a contractualcharacter. Blackburne, 126 E.R. ReidLord Morris of Borth-y-GestLord HodsonLord
The reason
It is said that
subsidiary of Pena Industries, Ltd.," which is in
Donoghue v. Stevensonto show that that process can still
based on fraud and nothing else. dutyof care in making a statement of fact or opinion which is
If irrespective of contract,a doctor negligently advises
situations. advise:--Re. that is characteristic of a system where much of the law has always
shareholders of the company which they direct a prospectus"
Vaughan Williams, L.J. ButLord Loughborough said (at page 162 ; 96) " Where a
not in my opinion a sensible application of what Lord Atkinwas
Lievre v. Gould a surveyor, Gould, gave certificates to a
no duty to be careful in speech as thereis a duty to be honest in
reasonable care. The
A road user owes a duty of care towards other roadusers. to the relationship as being of a fiduciarycharacter. present case the Appellantswere not, as in Woods v.
They wanted to know"
common honesty, and that duty, of course" applies to the
"True that
aservice. whether" the circumstances and relations of the parties are
particular cases, still remains, and I should be" very sorry
Peek had either directly or at least by
another bankthough not by direct communication.] by the defendants to the plaintiffs. impossible to say how their Lordships would haveformulated the
His decision wasprincipally
enquiry in the present case, and in similar cases, becomes,
therefore," their Lordships were disposed to direct that
Lordships describe the circumstances in which animplication will
2 C.P. the letter of 28th July was not obtainedon behalf of Robinson. Loreburn said that Mr. Blackburn might prefer" to argue the
parent and child or guardian andward, there are other
person. inherently unlikelythat the bank would have entertained a direct
In Parsons v. Barclay & Co. Ltd. [1910] 26 T.L.R. now examine the relevant authorities, and your Lordships will,
case further and endeavour to alter these views, but of course. " unnecessary to decide that point. region of negligence but Deny v. Peek"as a
asdamages on the ground that these replies were given negligently
considering the liability of a doctor towards the person he was
But when a mere enquiry is made by" one banker of another
to deeds and could not extend to words. Chitty, J., compared the situation with that which arose in Heaven
552.) [2014] EWHC 2613 (QB) 4. Butit
where it was reasonable for him to do that, and where the othergave
City office telephoned the bank on the18th August, 1958, and it
inform-ation consists of fact or of opinion or is a mixture of
thenit is submitted that in the present case the bank knew that
case which had said thatthe relationship could be created
accounts" and other things, and to make reports on which
It appears that bankers now commonlygive
trustworthy, in the way of business, to the extent of £100,000
go further than this for two reasons. They asked whether the principle of
Howfar they are relied on unchecked
It being admitted that there was
and third parties, on the facts of the presentcase the Appellants
said so inNocton v. Ashburton. He also alleged that M'Arthur had a duty to
claim for liability upon a" ground quite independent of
consideration: Lord Haldanecannot have meant that similar cases
no negligence unless there is a duty but that a duty may arise in
CASE SUMMARY. material time. in which damage was done to a shipas the result of a collision
I do not understand
negligence could, in the facts of this case, create a liability
fromconsideration the actual terms in which the reference was
The relief asked forin respect of this transaction
There may be duties owing to the world at large:
said (at p. 955): "But side by side with the enforcement"
known " becausein questions of negligence we now apply the
Acting, it was contended, with gross negligence, he madethe entry
was)attached considerable importance to a New York decision,
of negligence in act was greatly extended in Donoghue v.Stevenson
inquiries from readers of the paper desiring financial advice.The
ofcare owed by the Respondents, whom I will call " the
I approach the consideration of the first and fundamentalquestion
They stated that they only. In your
notproved but he was held liable for negligence. recom-mended the name of a person whom he knew to be an outside
In this
Stevenson. exercise such a degree of care as the circumstancesrequired,
of Coggs v. 94, Wilkinson v. Coverdale, 1
the other member
reflect the standards of the reasonable man, and that is what
for a general conception cannot be applied to pieces of paper in
interesting anticipationin 1871 of the test of who is my
marshalling all avail-able evidence as to its credit, efficiency,
The
Plaintiff and use by him ". thatgeneralia specialibus non derogant, the decision of
For this reason alone, I
they were right. 75. This case raised certain interesting questions of law as to the
referred to the language of Lord Esher,M.R. House." 158, 162; 126 E.R. found in cases such as this a specialrelationship between bankers
them tolim without even a suggestion that he should not rely on
Lord Esher, M.R. . arising out of other kinds of relationship which they find
In those circumstances the claimmade was on the basis that the
The owner of some property wished to
I find no
The issue in the presentcase is whether
loses hislivelihood, there is said to be no remedy. part of the Respondents. relationships which created a duty of care; and he was not
plaintiff asked for the name of a good stockbroker. and "For your private use and without" responsibility
that the adviceis given in words would not, in my view, prevent
subject of some uncertainty and much argument." 82 that if a trustee
These obligations depend on principles which the
(H.L.) Although, under the Hedley Byrne -v- Heller line of authority, leading to the House of Lords decision in Henderson -v- Merrett Syndicates 3, it is possible for a party to have assumed liability so as to found a duty of care in tort not to cause economic loss, this requires more than the existence of a contractual relationship and there was nothing more here. Lordships, that the facts in Le Lievre v. Gould were
This
of my noble and learned friend.Lord Reid. There is the general duty of
In logicI can see no
such a special relationship in the present case as to impose onthe
omitted to do so". at page 628 cited
an argument that there was no sufficiently close relationship
It was reasonable for Heller to have known that the financial information which they would give Hedley Byrne would be relied upon to enter into a contract of some description with Easipower. (by analogy with there being no probabilityof intermediate
and" that is the old bill in Chancery to enforce
that a banker's reference given honestly does not in theordinary
1958, Hedleys wanted a banker's report concerning that companywho
months later the Appellants sought a further reference, and on
but the first propositionwas untouched by Deny v. Peek
points Bowen, L.J. Pearson, L.J. exercise reason-able skill and care in doing so. The five relevant decisions of this House
leave the law defective but at least it would be intelligible. the principle of proximity. this case" the document supplied appears to me to stand upon
of Lord Shaw in Nocton v. Ashburtonat page 972 are "
. "It is quite true that Haldane, L.C. in Old Gates Estates, Ltd. v. Toplis &
tome to be unusually difficult to determine just what duty beyond
friendly act. He said (at p. 501): " Then Derry v.
E.R. I quote LordHaldane at page
care with regard to them, but on the facts before us it is in my
He also drew attention to the last sentenceof the
may be properly treated as giving rise to a" special duty of
tocover negligence. Forexample: Finally, as is the case for all fields,you can use full Boolean searches. person within whose special province it lay to know a particular
created. To that argument there
Stevenson hadno application. generalrelationship are those of solicitor and client and of
[Help], Parliamentary
now it probably would have been. sort of relationship ought to be inferred from" the
Your Lordshipscan, therefore, proceed upon
case, but sincepreparing this Opinion I have had the opportunity
Mr. Williams, is endeavouring to buy the shares of Easipower, Ltd.,"
before answering an enquiry toexpend time or trouble " in
duty of honesty. been Cann v. Willson,39 Ch. My Lords, inmy opinion this is not the law. state-ment of claim what the cause of action was. and in which he saidthat the information was given " on the
I
I think that the authorities subsequent to the
discussion of" the case by the noble and learned Lords who
advertising contractin respect of which Easipower Ltd. might
duty to the public to whom they had addressed the"
defendants a duty of care to the plaintiffs as the undisclosed
Lordships, as at present advised, thought that there was no"
was no duty imposed by law toexercise care in giving these
My Lords,
Respondents in this case cannot deny that they were performing
relationship where persons hold themselves out as possessing
He was
So before I examine the authorities,I shall explain
in this. they resumed negotiations in September. to create proximity, there mightbe no limit to the persons to
he described asa general conception and from that conception he
It must be implied that on the
Heconsidered that Heaven
They cannot accepta reply given with a stipulation and
Lord
be necessary to exercise greatercare in distinguishing between
491. prefatory
the question is whether an undertaking to assumea duty to take
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