Professional negligence
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Extra care is required when dealing with sub-sales of part
Mansion Estates Ltd v Hayre & Co [2016] EWHC 96 (Ch); [2016] PLSCS 32 is a sorry tale of a transfer of part that went badly wrong.
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Mansion Estates Ltd v Hayre & Co (a firm)
Professional negligence – Solicitor – Sale of land – Stamp duty land tax – Claimant retaining defendant to act on its behalf in sale of land – Defendant also acting…
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Mansion Estates Ltd v Hayre & Co (a firm)
Professional negligence Solicitor
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Wattret and another v Thomas Sands Consulting Ltd
Professional negligence Quantity surveyor
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Wattret and another v Thomas Sands Consulting Ltd
Professional negligence – Quantity surveyor – Expert evidence – Claimant bringing proceedings against defendant quantity surveyors for alleged negligent advice in connection with arbitration – Defendnt applying to adduce expert…
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Harding Homes (East Street) LLP and others v Bircham Dyson Bell (a firm) and another
Professional negligence Solicitor
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Harding Homes (East Street) LLP and others v Bircham Dyson Bell (a firm) and another
Professional negligence – Loss of chance – Damages – Defendant solicitors admitting breach of duty to claimants in relation to guarantee concerning property development – Claimants seeking damages for loss…
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What must solicitors report to lenders in residential conveyancing transactions?
Where, in the course of carrying out their instructions, solicitors representing lenders come into possession of information that is clearly significant to their clients – for example, indicating that a…
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Titan Europe 2006-3 plc v Colliers International UK plc (in liquidation)
Professional negligence Valuation
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Titan Europe 2006-3 plc v Colliers International UK plc (in liquidation)
Professional negligence – Valuation – Commercial mortgage-backed securities – Appellant valuing commercial property for purposes of loan security – Loan transferred to respondent pursuant to securitisation arrangements – Property later…
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Judgment day next week in £23m valuation negligence case
The Court of Appeal will give judgment next Tuesday in a closely watched case, in which an Irish company was awarded €32m (£23.7m) in damages for professional negligence over a…
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The statutory protection of a proprietor in possession features in a professional negligence claim
It is rare for the courts to have to deal with a neighbour dispute with a time line dating back 800 years. However, that was the fate of the Court…