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...
Tags on this discussion: CFAs; No win no fee; ATE; Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offender's Bill
22 June 2011 | Jonathan Sachs
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...
Tags on this discussion: bank banks buy-to-let duty of care Professional Negligence Valuation
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...
Tags on this discussion: ccfa CFA Court of Appeal indemnity Insurance success fee
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...
Tags on this discussion: Expert Witness Immunity; Immunity from Suit; Wynne Jones v Kaney; Supreme Court Judment Expert Witness Immunity
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...
Tags on this discussion: foreseeable loss negligent advice Professional Negligence restitution SAAMCO scope of duty
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...
Tags on this discussion: Banks v Goodfellow George Key Mr Justice Briggs probate dispute testamentary capacity
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,...
Tags on this discussion: Court of Appeal Lord Dyson Solicitors Code of Conduct solicitors retainer