All Professional negligence articles – Page 3
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NewsHoward Kennedy sees off negligence claim
London firm to be paid £850,000 towards costs under settlement, High Court hears.
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NewsHoward Kennedy fighting property negligence claim
Developer alleges London firm negligently drafted local authority deal.
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NewsCharles Russell Speechlys to pay out £1.5m in negligence claim
International firm 'fell short of the standard of care required of a reasonably competent solicitor'.
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NewsNegligence claim thrown out as court rejects MMR evidence
Judge urged not to conduct 'trial within a trial' but says evidence would have been discredited.
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NewsMishcon sued for up to £65m over collapsed property deal
London firm’s negligent advice ‘directly causative’ of claimant’s losses, High Court hears.
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NewsConveyancer on fixed fee had limited duties to client, court finds
Negligence claim fails as county court rules that £695 did not cover advice on wider developments.
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NewsMishcon fighting football club’s £20m negligence claim
London firm admits breach of duty but denies causation and loss, High Court hears.
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NewsCharles Russell Speechlys fights £5m negligence claim
The international firm is being sued for allegedly negligent advice on an investment deal.
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NewsNews focus: Call of duty thrown into stark relief
High Court backs top silk in multi-million-pound professional negligence claim, ruling that he did not owe a duty of care to third parties
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NewsTax silk fights off negligence claim over film schemes
Andrew Thornhill QC did not owe a duty of care and did not breach it even if he had one, High Court rules.
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NewsScottish firm loses jurisdiction challenge in English negligence case
England is plainly ‘appropriate forum’ for claim against Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie, High Court rules.
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NewsKPMG facing £1.3bn High Court claim over Carillion audits
The Big Four accountancy firm said to have ‘failed to maintain a fully independent state of mind and relationship with management’.
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NewsSolicitors found not negligent after passing on counsel advice orally
Court dismisses claim from former clients who said JR case was ‘doomed from the outset’.
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NewsCourt of Appeal rules on amendments to cladding claim
Ruling allowing amendments to a claim in relation to combustible cladding ‘may be of some significance to the construction industry’.
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NewsNegligence case ended against firm after claimant guilty of 'warehousing'
High Court finds claimant had no real intention of progressing the case against London firm.
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NewsFiduciary duty breaches do not need to go to High Court, costs judge rules
‘An argument that a contract should be set aside [does not] of itself’ mean the case ought to be dealt with by the High Court.
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News‘Obsession’: LiP ordered to end decade of negligence claims
Judge says the defendant lawyers should not have proceedings hanging over them after more than a decade.
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NewsNegligence claim against tax silk ‘classic piece of reverse engineering’
Andrew Thornhill QC is accused of giving negligent advice about film financing schemes in the early 2000s.
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NewsWomble Bond Dickinson finally fights off negligence claim
Deputy Master Toogood said the pandemic cannot ‘excuse a four-month delay’ in applying to amend pleadings.
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NewsConveyancers face 'unjustified' negligence claims over stamp duty
HM Revenue & Customs unveils plans to end abuse of tax rules for mixed property and multiple dwellings.