Sign-in Help
Commentary

124.1 Meaning of negligence

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS vol 7(2)
| Commentary

124.1 Meaning of negligence

| Commentary

124 Negligence

124.1 Meaning of negligence

For the purposes of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 Part 1, ‘Negligence’ means both1:

  1. 124.1.1

        the breach of any obligation arising from an express or implied term:

    1. (a)

          to take reasonable care, or

    2. (b)

          to exercise reasonable skill,

    in the performance of the contract; and

  2. 124.1.2

        the breach of any common law duty:

    1. (a)

          to take reasonable care, or

    2. (b)

          to exercise reasonable skill,

    but not any stricter duty2.

To continue reading
View the latest version of this document, as well as thousands of others like it, sign in to LexisLibrary or register for a free trial
EXISTING USER? SIGN IN TAKE A FREE TRIAL TAKE A FREE TRIAL
Stop drafting from scratch and work more productively.
Offering an unrivalled collection of non-litigation precedents for everything specialist and generalist practitioners are likely to encounter.
TAKE A FREE TRIAL Take a free trial Take a free trial