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This case reminds me of a similar experience I had some years ago. I was instructed by a property developer in the purchase of a piece of farmland on which he intended to build two houses. His instructions were very specific viz; I don't want you to make any searches or enquiries or inspect the title which has already been done by other solicitors.Just send me the contract and register my title at the Land Registry after completion. I sent him a client care letter incorporating his instructions in full with a request that he reconsider them and I asked him also to sign a form of waiver in the event that any problems ensued as a result of them. Did what I was told and he went ahead but then discovered there was an unregistered Deed of Covenant and he could not build. He negotiated off his own bat a deal with the owner of the covenant and paid him a ridiculous sum.He then went to another firm who put me on notice of a claim so with some confidence I notified my firm's insurers.They settled the claim in full and this is what I was told by the insurers solicitor " The law is clear - you are under a duty to take all steps necessary to protect your client's interests even when you are not specifically instructed to take
such steps or even if your instructions are specifically not to take them."
How do you "unbundle"yourself from that?