ABSTRACT

To the question, how does the court decide whether the breach of duty was the cause of the loss or merely the occasion for the loss? The Court gives the answer “by the

1 Per Glidewell LJ in Galoo Ltd v Bright Grahame Murray [1994] 1 WLR 1360 at 1374 applying Monarch Steamship Co Ltd v Karlshamns Oljefabriker A/B [1949] AC 196.