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Professional negligence legal update - A solicitor's duty to keep advice under review? - March 2012
Solicitors and their archiving staff will breathe a sigh of relief following the professional negligence case of Shepherd Construction Ltd v Pinsent Masons LLP [2012]
EWHC 43 (TCC), which confirms that there is not normally a general retainer to keep past advice under review.
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21/03/2012 |
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Professional negligence update - March 2012
Is expert evidence necessary for a professional negligence claim?
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12/03/2012 |
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Professional negligence - Retrospective market valuations for a residential property - February 2012
The professional negligence case of (1) Paratus AMC Ltd (2) RMAC 2005 NS1 PLC v Countrywide Surveyors Ltd [2011] EWHC 3307 (Ch) required the court to weigh up several
expert valuations, which were relied upon by the opposing parties, for a residential property.
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13/02/2012 |
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Professional negligence update - Solicitors duty to advise... for free? - February 2012
The recent professional negligence case of Padden v Bevan Ashford Solicitors [2011] EWCA CIV 1616 is likely to cause a stir amongst solicitors in relation to the pitfalls of not advising properly, even with the best of intentions and when the client is not charged.
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01/02/2012 |
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Professional negligence update - Limitation: claim against solicitors relating to purchase of a property - January 2012
Limitation: claim against solicitors relating to purchase of a property
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19/01/2012 |
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Professional negligence update - January 2012
Measure of loss on failure to advise on planning conditions
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09/01/2012 |
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Professional negligence update - Do you have instructions to settle? - December 2011
The case of Amalgamated Metal Corp Plc v Wragge & Co (A Firm) [2011] EWHC 887 (Comm) is a cautionary tale of the risks of settling a case without ensuring that you have firm instructions from the client (and evidence of those instructions).
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08/12/2011 |
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Professional negligence - Legal update - November 2011
Surveyors held liable for £18m overvaluation
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17/11/2011 |
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Professional negligence update - November 2011
Scope of a retainer in property transactions did not extend to commercial advice about the transactions
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04/11/2011 |
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Professional negligence update - October 2011
Solicitors should seek clarification if an expert report is unclear
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21/10/2011 |
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Professional negligence update - October 2011
Should solicitors obtain medical evidence whenever they are instructed by an elderly client? That would be 'insulting and unnecessary'
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21/10/2011 |
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Professional negligence update - August 2011
Valuer's duty of care to buy to let purchaser.
Reliance upon counsel's advice.
Explaining CFA's
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01/08/2011 |