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Sep 30

Client wins £64,000 after employment solicitors mistake

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Solicitors mistakes vary in degree of fault, from everyday minor mistakes, such as misspelling a word, to the most serious, such as missing a deadline. But contrary to popular belief, a client is not automatically entitled to compensation when a solicitor has made a mistake, even when the error is grave. To determine if a client can recover damages from his solicitor, regard must be had not only to the degree of fault but also to the consequences of it. As this month’s High Court decision in the solicitor's negligence case of Chweidan v ... Read More >

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Aug 22

Conveyancing negligence claims – not out of the woods yet

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Conveyancing negligence claims - not out of the woods yet Conveyancing negligence claims against solicitors increased dramatically in recent years, as they always do during a recession, when property prices fall. Now that property prices appear to have recovered in most of England and Wales, it would be natural to assume that the number of claims for negligent conveyancing should fall away to pre-recession levels. Although that is what happened after previous recessions, this time round it may not, as solicitors struggle to cope with the ... Read More >

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Jul 2

£270k claim struck out after solicitors miss deadline

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Claim struck out - solicitors failed to serve Particulars of Claim in time - Defendant applied to strike out claim - order striking out claim - Associated Electrical Industries Ltd v Alstom UK [2014] EWHC 430 Legal claims can be struck out by courts for many different reasons. So can Defences, and parts of Claims and Defences. The consequences of striking out are often serious: a struck out claimant loses the chance of recovering what he or she is claiming, usually a debt or damages and his or her legal costs; a struck out defendant ... Read More >

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Jun 1

An expensive mistake – solicitors get lease notice wrong

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Commercial lease - business tenancy – break clause – conditions - non-compliance with requirement - tenant’s notice wrong & invalid – tenant’s solicitors drafted and served the defective notice – potential negligence claim by tenant against its solicitors - Friends Life Ltd v Siemens Hearing Instruments Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 382  Long leases often contain a “break clause” which allows the tenant to end the lease early, usually by giving written notice to the landlord. For example, a 21 year commercial lease may contain a break clause ... Read More >

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May 27

Negligent solicitors Raleys lose appeal in VWF injury case

Raleys Solicitors v Barnaby [2014] EWCA Civ 686 - negligent solicitors - under-settlemed industrial disease VWF claim - negligent advice - no advice about value of services claim - poor advice - wrong advice - damages for lost chance

Raleys Solicitors v Barnaby [2014] EWCA Civ 686 - negligent solicitors - under-settlement of industrial disease VWF claim - negligent advice - no advice about value of services claim - poor advice - wrong advice - damages for lost chance This week the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Raleys Solicitors against an earlier County Court finding that the solicitors were negligent for under-settling a miner’s industrial disease (vibration white finger ‘VWF’) claim. The decision could open the floodgates for similar professional negligence ... Read More >

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May 25

Under-settlement of personal injury claims

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Claims against solicitors who settled personal injury claims for less than they were worth (“under-settlement”) are on the increase, according a report released earlier this month. Common Mistakes Leading to Under-Settlement The amount of compensation recovered might be too low for a number of reasons: the case settled too quickly the person dealing with the case missed something important the claim was mishandled the claim was not investigated properly it was wrongly valued incompetence the solicitors unlawfully ... Read More >

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Apr 4

Accountant negligence? High Court says ‘yes’, Appeal Court says ‘no’.

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Mehjoo v Harben Barker [2014] EWCA Civ 358 - accountant negligence - tax advice - sale of shares in business - capital gains tax liability - need for specialist tax planning - generalist accountants - whether providing tax advice on routine matters creates a duty to give specialist tax planning advice The recent Court of Appeal decision of Mehjoo v Harben Barker [2014] EWCA Civ 358, which was concerned with allegations of accountant negligence in relation to the giving of tax advice, provides helpful clarification of the circumstances in which ... Read More >

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Mar 26

Simple drafting mistake costs negligent solicitors over £2m

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Solicitor negligence - partnership agreement - drafting error - loss of chance to make profits - lost profits - wasted management time - negligent solicitors - Wellesley Partners LLP v Withers LLP [2014] EWHC 556 (Ch). In a judgement handed down earlier this month, the High Court ordered a firm of solicitors to pay its former client £1.6m in compensation for lost profits. The case concerned a claim for damages for professional negligence against a firm of solicitors for misdrafting a partnership agreement. The Claimant, Wellesley ... Read More >

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Mar 12

Negligent architect’s plans left house with structural problems

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Negligent architect - design - plans - renovation - refurbishment - structural problems - remedial works - repair costs - Farrer v Wiles [2013] EWCA Civ 1511 . England’s second highest court, the Court of Appeal, has recently dismissed an appeal by a negligent architect's insurers in which they disputed the amount he was ordered to pay a dissatisfied client. In 2002, Mr Noel Farrer (“the Architect”) was instructed by Mrs Wiles (“the Client”) to prepare plans to redesign the layout of a 200-year old coach house which she had recently bought ... Read More >

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Feb 28

Negligent property solicitor avoids liability for large losses

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Xenakis - Birkett Long - Negligent Property Solicitor - Restaurant - Lease - Personal Guarantee - Failure to Advise of Risks. In the recently reported solicitor's negligence case of Xenakis and Corke v Birkett Long LLP [2014] EWHC 171 (QB) the claimants appeared to have a good claim: the solicitor had been negligent and the court accepted that the claimants had - quite reasonably - incurred substantial costs as a result, which they would not have incurred had the solicitor not been negligent. However, they did not recover their outlay, and the ... Read More >

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