Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hedley Byrne v Heller : issues at the beginning of the twenty-first century / Kit Barker -- Hedley Byrne v Heller in Australia : "never has there been such a judicial jamboree" / Warren Swain -- The assumption of responsibility / Andrew Robertson and Julia Wang -- Basis of the Hedley Byrne action / Allan Beever -- The curious incident of the dog that did bark in the night-time : what mischief does Hedley Byrne v Heller correct? / David Campbell -- Equity as tort? / Paul Finn -- Limitations on defendant liability for misleading or deceptive conduct under statute : some insights from negligent misstatement / Elise Bant and Jeannie Paterson -- Advisor liability : claims for contribution or reimbursement between an advisor and the advisee's contract-partner / Sirko Harder -- What are we doing here? : the relationship between negligence in general and misstatements in English law / Christian Witting -- Negligent misstatement in the United States / Jay M. Feinman -- Hedley Byrne : misused, then exiled by the Supreme Court of Canada / Bruce Feldthusen -- Liability under Hedley Byrne for "pre-contract" negligent misrepresentation : a New Zealand perspective / David McLauchlan -- Negligent misstatement in Australia : resolving the uncertain legacy of Esanda / Kit Barker.

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