The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2025] AC 406
Supreme Court
Armstead
v
Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd
[2024] UKSC 6
2023 Nov 23; 2024 Feb 14
Lord Briggs, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lord Richards, Lady Simler JJSC
Negligence— Remoteness of loss— Contractual liability— Car hired by claimant damaged by negligence of defendant’s insured— Claimant liable to pay hire company rental charge for period when car under repair— Claimant claiming damages from defendant in respect of rental charge— Whether rental charge too remote to be recoverable— Whether irrecoverable as pure economic loss
Negligence— Remoteness of loss— Burden of proof— Claimant proving that negligent breach of duty causing loss— Whether legal burden on defendant to prove loss too remote