62A casino was considering extending credit to a new customer,so it needed a credit reference from his bank. In the interests of customer confidentially,the casino used an agency to seek the reference without disclosing the name of the casino or the purpose for which the reference was sought . The bank gave a favourable credit reference,which led the casino to extend credit to the customer. The customer ran up large gambling debts and then failed to pay. It transpired that the credit reference had been given carelessly and was inaccurate. In fact,the customer had no money In his bank account,so the casino was unable to recover the debt.In an action by the casino against the bank to recover the casino's losses from the customer's unpaid gambling debt,which of the following best states the likely outcome?
A、The casino will not be successful because the bank did not owe the casino a duty of care in respect of the losses from the unpaid debt.
B、The casino will not be successful because it has suffered pure economic loss which is never recoverable in the tort of negligence.
C、The casino will not be successful because it did not pay the bank for providing the credit reference,so no duty of care could be owed.
D、direct cause of the casino's loss.The casino will be successful because it relied on the bank's credit reference in extending credit to the customer,so the bank's negligence was a
E、The casino will not be successful because the loss which it suffered was not a reasonably foreseeable result of the bank's negligence.
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