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Government to abolish recoverability of Success Fees and ATE Premiums – the end of “no win no fee”?

26 July 2011 | Justine Ash

Currently, a claimant (be it a person or an entity) who wishes to fund their civil litigation case has the following options:- (i) Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA/”no win, no fee”) where the “success...

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Duty of care – valuers and the buy-to-let market

22 June 2011 | Jonathan Sachs Comments Off

Last October we reported on a case where a valuer was held to owe a duty of care to a purchaser on a buy-to-let property in respect of a valuation provided to the lender not the purchaser.  The valuation...

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The impact of indemnity insurance on success fees and conditional fee agreements

4 April 2011 | Jane Anderson

Introduction  In the recent Court of Appeal case of Sousa –v- Waltham Forest London Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 194, the Court considered whether a claimant was entitled to recover a success...

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Immunity of an Expert Witnesses – the end of the road? Part II

31 March 2011 | Justine Ash

I refer to my previous blog on this hot topic dated 14 January 2011 entitled Expert Witness Immunity – the end of the road?. In my blog, I explained how the recent case of Paul Wynne Jones v Sue Kaney...

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Foreseeable Losses From Negligent Solicitor’s Advice

23 February 2011 | Jane Anderson

Introduction  In the recent Court of Appeal case of Haugesunde Kommune and another –v- Depfa ACS Bank (2011) EWCA Civ 33, an appeal was allowed which overturned an order against Norwegian Solicitors...

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Probate Disputes – a Key decision

17 March 2010 | Amanda Melton

Briggs J's decision in Key v Key, a Chancery probate dispute, was handed down last week. George Key, an 89 year old farmer lost his wife of 65 years in December 2006. A week later he made a Will leaving...

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Buxton v Mills-Owens – one for the lawyers

12 March 2010 | Amanda Melton

Ever been forced to argue an unrealistic case ("doomed to disater" or "bound to fail") to conclusion by a client who seems to have lost the plot?  An article in the Law Society's Gazette (3 March 2010,...

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