Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd
E590300
Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd is a leading English Court of Appeal case on negligence and pure economic loss, noted for Lord Denning’s influential judgment limiting recovery for relational economic loss.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6384692 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd Context triple: [Lord Denning, notableWork, Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd]
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A.
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state interference with private contracts by striking down a Minnesota pension law as violating the Constitution’s Contract Clause.
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B.
Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.
Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the validity of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure under the Rules Enabling Act and helped define the scope of federal procedural rulemaking.
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C.
Stack v. Boyle
Stack v. Boyle is a 1951 U.S. Supreme Court case that established constitutional limits on excessive bail in the context of prosecutions under the Smith Act.
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D.
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal unemployment compensation provisions of the Social Security Act, affirming broad congressional power to tax and spend for the general welfare.
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E.
Somerset v Stewart
Somerset v Stewart was a landmark 1772 English court case that effectively declared slavery unsupported by English common law, becoming a pivotal moment in the British abolitionist movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd Target entity description: Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd is a leading English Court of Appeal case on negligence and pure economic loss, noted for Lord Denning’s influential judgment limiting recovery for relational economic loss.
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A.
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state interference with private contracts by striking down a Minnesota pension law as violating the Constitution’s Contract Clause.
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B.
Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.
Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the validity of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure under the Rules Enabling Act and helped define the scope of federal procedural rulemaking.
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C.
Stack v. Boyle
Stack v. Boyle is a 1951 U.S. Supreme Court case that established constitutional limits on excessive bail in the context of prosecutions under the Smith Act.
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D.
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal unemployment compensation provisions of the Social Security Act, affirming broad congressional power to tax and spend for the general welfare.
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E.
Somerset v Stewart
Somerset v Stewart was a landmark 1772 English court case that effectively declared slavery unsupported by English common law, becoming a pivotal moment in the British abolitionist movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Court of Appeal of England and Wales decision
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English court case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
economic loss
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negligence ⓘ tort law ⓘ |
| categoryOfLossNotRecoverable |
pure economic loss unconnected to physical damage
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relational economic loss from interruption of a power supply ⓘ |
| categoryOfLossRecoverable |
consequential economic loss linked to physical damage
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physical damage to property ⓘ |
| citation |
[1972] 3 All ER 557
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[1972] 3 WLR 502 ⓘ [1973] QB 27 ⓘ |
| country | England and Wales ⓘ |
| court | Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ |
| decisionOnDamages |
damages awarded for physical damage to the melt and profit on that melt
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damages refused for loss of profits on melts that would have been processed during the period of power failure ⓘ |
| factSummary |
claimant also claimed for loss of profits on further melts that could not be processed during the outage
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defendant contractors negligently damaged an electricity cable supplying power to claimant’s steel factory ⓘ power cut caused damage to a melt in claimant’s furnace and loss of profit on that melt ⓘ |
| holding | claimant could recover for physical damage to property and consequential loss but not for pure economic loss from lost future profits ⓘ |
| judge |
Edmund Davies LJ
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Lawton LJ ⓘ Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Denning
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| jurisdiction | England and Wales ⓘ |
| languageOfDecision | English ⓘ |
| lawReportSeries |
Queen’s Bench Reports
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linked to:
Law Reports (England and Wales)
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| leadingJudge |
Lord Denning MR
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linked to:
Lord Denning
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| legalIssue |
duty of care for economic loss caused by damage to property of a third party
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recovery for pure economic loss in negligence ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple |
distinction between consequential economic loss and pure economic loss
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limitation on recovery for relational economic loss ⓘ policy-based restriction on indeterminate liability for economic loss ⓘ pure economic loss is generally not recoverable in negligence absent special circumstances ⓘ |
| LordDenningView | imposing liability for all economic loss from power cuts would expose defendants to liability in an indeterminate amount for an indeterminate time to an indeterminate class ⓘ |
| opinionBy |
Lord Denning MR
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linked to:
Lord Denning
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| parties |
Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd
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Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | appeal to the Court of Appeal ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
consequential loss
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duty of care in negligence ⓘ pure economic loss ⓘ relational economic loss ⓘ |
| significance |
frequently cited in subsequent cases on economic loss and duty of care
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illustrates policy-based reasoning in tort law ⓘ leading authority on limits of recovery for pure economic loss in English negligence law ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | damage caused by negligent interference with electricity supply to a factory ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1972 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd Description of subject: Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd is a leading English Court of Appeal case on negligence and pure economic loss, noted for Lord Denning’s influential judgment limiting recovery for relational economic loss.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Alfred Thompson Denning
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notableCase
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Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd
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