Owen Williams

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    Concerns over terminating retainer

    2010-03-01T00:00:00

    I refer to the Court of Appeal decision in Buxton v Mills-Owen [2010] EWCA Civ 122 which seems to me to raise some issues of general concern to the profession.

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    The law of Property Act 1925 will not rescue clients

    2008-11-27T00:00:00

    I refer to the unfortunate question raised in Calvert Solicitors’ letter, asking if the current recession is an ‘exceptional circumstance’ that would allow the return of a deposit under section 49(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (see [2008] Gazette, 13 November, 13).