Negligence
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White v Paul Davidson Taylor (a firm)
Assured periodic tenancy — Right to buy — Appellant seeking transfer of tenancy on death of father — Respondent solicitor acting for appellant — Respondent suing for fees — Appellant…
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Thames Water Utilities Ltd v London Regional Transport and another
Negligence — Statutory duty — Nuisance — Causation — Damage caused by claimants’ burst water main — Whether additional load on water main resulting from defendants’ tunnelling works causing failure…
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PP 2004/14
The courts have upheld several professional negligence claims over the past few months, including:. – Maden v Clifford Coppock & Carter (a firm) [2004] EWCA Civ 1037; [2004] PLSCS 203;.
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Maden v Clifford Coppock & Carter (a firm)
Professional negligence — Damages — Separate acts of negligence by separate solicitors regarding same property — Whether damages overlapped — Whether deputy judge should have discounted damages awarded — Appeal…
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Clarke and another v Iliffes Booth Bennett (a firm) and others
Sale of property — Green belt — Solicitor — Sale conditional on removal of land from green belt — Whether solicitor under duty to understand and advise upon implications and…
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Salmon Harvester Properties Ltd v Metropolitan Police Authority
Development — Agreement for lease — Ultra vires and void — Action for negligent misrepresentation without asserting validity of agreement — Whether reasonable grounds for bringing proceedings — Whether defendant…
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Greymalkin Ltd v Copleys (a firm)
Professional negligence — Breach of duty — Compensation — Whether defendant breaching duty to provide non-negligent information — Whether claimant incurring loss as result of defendant’s negligence — Whether defendant…
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Montlake and others (as trustees of Wasps Football Club) v Lambert Smith Hampton Group Ltd and another
Valuer — Duty of care — Sale of land at undervalue — Calculation of loss — Whether alleged loss fell within duty owed by defendant — Whether claimant contributorily negligent…
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Earls Terrace Properties Ltd v Nilsson Design Ltd
Damages — Breach of contract — Loss — Delay in completion of refurbishment — Whether claimant entitled to damages for holding costs incurred following delay — Whether credit to be…
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Lloyds TSB Bank plc v Edward Symmons & Partners
Negligence — Valuation — Professional negligence — Business centre consisting of number of units occupied on short leases and licences — Whether defendant surveyor undervaluing property — Whether defendant negligent…
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Williams and others v Glyn Owen & Co
Negligence — Solicitors — Damages — Chance — Agricultural land — Negligent conveyancing advice — Late completion — Failure to advise on service of completion notice — Measure of damages…
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Quilter v Quilter and another
Valuation — Marriage value — Lotting — Farmhouse and adjoining land — Valuation under Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 — Whether three parcels of adjoining land having…