obiter dicta
...sion of the discussion of the negligence question in the judgements of the Lords of Appeal who decided Hedley Byrne & Co v Heller & Partner Ltd [1964]. 1“In that case, the plaintiff sought to make the defendant bank liable for a credit reference given by the defendant bank to the plaintiff’s bank for the information of the plaintiff. On the strength of the favourable credit reference the plaintiff advanced credit and lost some ₤17,000. The plaintiff failed in an action brought against the defendant to recover this loss, the decision in favour of the defendant being founded on the fact that the defendant had, when supplying the credit reference, expressly indicated that the reference was given “without responsibility”. But the law lords before whom the appeal was argued did not l...