Privity of contract, in the famous words of Viscount Haldane LC in the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre case, is the principle that ‘only a person who is a party to a contract can sue on it’. For an idea that ...

In a previous post, we addressed blanket additional insured endorsements and the role they play in passing insurance obligations downstream. In short, the purpose of a “blanket” endorsement is to ...

Conclusion The lack of contractual privity does not necessarily preclude claims for professional negligence or negligent misrepresentation. Absent privity of contract, parties may still survive a ...