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Solicitor expert evidence is generally inadmissible following Midland Bank Trust Co v Hett Stubbs & Kemp [1979] CH 384 at 402B-E. I cannot see any ground on which this case would be distinguished.

Nor can I see any suggestion that A'Court was not fully insured, indeed the contrary would appear to be the case - they must have had the £2m cover required under the Minimum Terms & Conditions.

Now if the SRA's proposals for reform had come to pass, it might be a different matter, as a firm might only have been required to carry £500k cover (and note that that sum would include liability for the claimant's costs of a claim resulting in a four day trial).

We are told to expect the SRA's further proposals for reform of PII this October. Watch this space.

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