July
Articles matching "solicitors"
Supreme Court considers the hot topic of "Loss of Chance" in professional negligence claims
Last week the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Edwards on behalf of the Estate of Watkins v Hugh James Ford Simey ( HJFS) . The question before the court was whether the value of the lost chance in…
Read morePerry v Raleys: Supreme Court considers the constituent elements of causation and loss in professional negligence cases
Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Perry v Raleys on the correct approach to deciding a claim for loss of a chance arising from alleged negligently conducted litigation. In this article…
Read moreNegligence and financial settlements on divorce following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Sharland
The appellant wife to divorce proceedings was allowed by the Supreme Court to re-open her financial settlement with her husband because of his fraudulent non-disclosure of his financial position…
Read moreLimitation and ‘deliberate concealment’
In BPC Hotels Ltd and Others v Brooke North (a firm) the Claimants alleged that their former solicitors (“BN”) had, for the purposes of section 32 of the Limitation Act 1980 ( ‘Section 32),…
Read moreBreach of an Undertaking
In this case the High Court considered a claim brought against a solicitor and her firm for breach of an undertaking and for breach of trust. The High Court found that the solicitor and firm were in…
Read moreCourt of Appeal reminds of importance of proving causation
Lidia McCarthy considers the Court of Appeal decision in AW Group Limited v Taylor Walton (2014) which serves as a reminder that a claim will not succeed unless the claimant establishes that its loss…
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