The word “privy” derives from the French word “privé” and from the Latin “privus”, both of which may be defined in English as the word “private.” Accordingly, one who is in their “privies” is in their ...

In recent years, a few law firms have made a cottage industry of enticing condominium home owners associations to sue the project developers over many issues, very often for alleged construction ...

In 2011, I posed the following question: Is Privity Required Or Not Required Under Section 25500? Section 25500 of the California Corporations Code provides the remedy for violations of Section 25400 ...

Privity of contract, in the famous words of Viscount Haldane LC in the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre case, is the principle that ‘only a person who is a party to a contract can sue on it’. For an idea that ...

Conclusion The lack of contractual privity does not necessarily preclude claims for professional negligence or negligent misrepresentation. Absent privity of contract, parties may still survive a ...