Hastie and Dredge TRI 2023-100-001 Procedural Order 6 [pdf, 232 KB]
...break the chain of causation. It is submitted that had the original work not been defective, the repairs would not have been undertaken and additional losses would not have been incurred. The claimants rely on Johnson v Watson, where the Court of Appeal held that it is enough to establish that the original work remained a substantial and material cause of the damage.20 [43] The claimants submit that all parties have been prejudiced by the loss of documentation caused by the eart...