Professional negligence
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Shah and another v Forsters LLP
Professional negligence – Solicitor – Damages — Claimant executors of deceased’s estate claiming damages against defendant solicitors alleging negligent failure properly to advise deceased in preparation of will in connection…
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Orientfield Holdings Ltd v Bird & Bird LLP
Professional negligence – Breach of contract – Solicitor – Respondent suing appellant solicitor for negligence and/or breach of contract in relation to property transaction – High Court finding for respondent…
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Orientfield Holdings Ltd v Bird & Bird LLP
Professional negligence Solicitor
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Orientfield Holdings Ltd v Bird & Bird LLP
Professional negligence – Breach of contract – Solicitor – Respondent suing appellant solicitor for negligence and/or breach of contract in relation to property transaction – High Court finding for respondent…
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A law firm was not liable for losses caused by a lender’s misjudgment
PRACTICE POINT: One of the most celebrated legal parables of modern times, devised by Lord Hoffmann in South Australia Asset Management Corp v York Montague Ltd [1997] AC 191, concerns…
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If solicitors know that the meaning of a clause in a document may be open to interpretation, they must explain this to their clients
Aa tenant claimed damages from his solicitors on the ground that they had been negligent while advising him on the grant of a 15 year underlease of part of a…
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When is an agreement too uncertain to be enforced
In Anderson Properties Ltd v Blyth Liggins [2017] EWHC 244 (Ch); [2017] PLSCS 43, a buyer claimed damages from its solicitors on the ground that they had been negligent when…
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Barclays Bank plc v TBS & V Ltd
Professional negligence, Surveyor
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Barclays Bank plc v TBS & V Ltd
Negligence – Surveyor – Valuation – Care home – Claimant bank instructing defendant to value care home and making loan to purchasers on basis of report – Business failing and…
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Beware of boilerplate clauses in leases because one size does not fit all
There is sometimes a parallel between drafting and negotiating a lease and solving an algebraic equation: a change here necessitates another change elsewhere. Consider, for example, a forfeiture clause.
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Bacciottini and another v Gotelee & Goldsmith (a firm)
Professional negligence, Solicitor
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Bacciottini and another v Gotelee & Goldsmith (a firm)
Solicitor’s negligence – Damages – Measure of loss – Respondent firm acting for appellants on purchase of residential property – Respondent admitting negligence in failing to advise appellants of existence…