Liability of maker towards subject of negligent statement: Tan Woo Thian v PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Main Authors: LOW, Kee Yang, HENG, Sheena Xuan Hui
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Duty of care; negligent misstatements; policy; proximity; subject-claimant; Asian Studies; Business Organizations Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4047; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/6005/viewcontent/LiabilityMakerSubjectNegligentStatement_2021_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Negligent misstatement cases typically involve claims by the recipient of the statement. Since Spring v Guardian Assurance, there has been an increasing number of cases where the plaintiff is the subject of the negligent misstatement, which is quite a very different matter. In Tan Woo Thian v Pricew...