Peter is a real estate developer.

Peter purchases block of land for $2 million and plans to build.

The Council denies his development application because of a road widening proposalreduces the value of the block of Peter's land to $1 million.

Peter obtained a council certificate from Wollongong Council before he purchased the block.

He reviews the information in the certificate, There is no disclosure of road wideningin the certificate.

Peter didn't bother to read the certificate before he purchased the land, he is relieved to find the council has made this mistake. He secretly knows that if Wollongong Council had been careful and included the road widening disclosure in the certificate, he would not have seen it and gone ahead with the land purchase anyway.

Peter now wants to sue Wollongong Council in negligence for economic loss. Wollongong Council

claims that negligence only applies to physical actions, not written words, and is only applicable to

physical damage to people or their property, not economic loss.

Advise Peter.