August 31, 2025
Phillips Products Ltd v Hyland [1984] EWCA Civ 5 (14 December 1984)
Phillips hired a JCB excavator and driver from Hamstead. The driver negligently damaged Phillips' building. Hamstead relied on a contract condition transferring liability to the hirer. The Court of Appeal held the exclusion clause failed the reasonableness test under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977. Facts Phillips Products Ltd, steel...
