In White v Jones, the House of Lords controversially extended liability in the tort of_x000D_ negligence to solicitors who had caused economic loss to a third party by failing to_x000D_ take proper care in drawing up a will for their client, supposedly on the basis of an_x000D_ "assumption of responsibility". In Anwar, the Court of Appeal has now sought to_x000D_ rationaliseWhite within the analytical framework laid down in Spandeck Engineering_x000D_ (S) Pte Ltd v Defence Science & Technology Agency.