Catchwords
Negligence – Contributory negligence – Concurrent liability in contract and tort – Whether award of damages for breach of contract may be reduced under apportionment legislation – Wrongs Act 1936 (SA), s 27A.
Negligence – Contributory negligence – When available – Whether solicitor's client guilty of contributory negligence – Failure to take proper care of own interests – Defendant's duty to take reasonable care in contract and tort – Plaintiff's loss the very kind protected by defendant's duty.
Contracts – Solicitor and client – Whether duty to exercise reasonable care and skill should be implied as a term.
Contracts – Defences – Contributory negligence not available.
Words and phrases – "Fault".
Wrongs Act 1936 (SA), s 27A.