Negligence
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Lenders must be told if the registers of title to land indicate that it has recently changed hands for significantly less than a mortgage valuation
Where, in the course of carrying out their instructions, solicitors representing lenders come into possession of information that is clearly significant to their clients, they have a duty to report…
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199 Knightsbridge Development Ltd v WSP UK Ltd
Negligence Liability
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199 Knightsbridge Development Ltd v WSP UK Ltd
Negligence – Liability – Residential property – Serious flooding occurring in apartment building as result of pipes bursting under pressure – Claimant freehold owner issuing proceedings against defendant designer of…
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Lawyers must ensure that clients understand the implications of any mismatch between the term commencement date and the date of a lease.
A lease starts on the date on which it is granted, and not before, but the term commencement date can be almost any date the parties choose.
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Robbins v Bexley London Borough Council
Negligence Causation
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Robbins v Bexley London Borough Council
Negligence – Causation – Tree roots – Respondent claiming for damage caused to property by poplar tree roots – Appellant local authority held to be negligent in failing to take…
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Green and another v Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Duty of care – Advice – Respondent bank selling interest-rate swap to appellants to protect against risk of increase in base rate of interest applicable to variable rate loan –…
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Green and another v Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Case No: A3/2013/0138. Neutral Citation Number: [2013] EWCA Civ 1197. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION). ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
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Solicitors must explain the results of the due diligence process in a conveyancing transaction in a form and in terms that can be readily understood
Solicitors must explain the results of the due diligence process in a conveyancing transaction in a form and in terms that can be readily understood.
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AW Group Ltd v Taylor Walton (a firm)
Negligence Solicitor
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AW Group Ltd v Taylor Walton (a firm)
Solicitor – professional negligence – Duty of care – Claimant instructing defendant firm of solicitors in conveyancing transaction – Defendant instructed to investigate title to property including all necessary planning…
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Northumbrian Water Ltd v Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd
Negligence Nuisance