LEXLAW Solicitors & Barristers
High Court rejects retrospective (one day) extension of time for service of the sealed Claim Form. The Claimant has a potential professional negligence claim against its’ solicitors.
A recent case of Beattie Passive Norse Ltd Anor v Canham Consulting Ltd highlights the importance of causation and repercussions of providing an inaccurate value of a claim.
In a midnight deadline case, there is a complete undivided day following the expiry of the deadline, which should be included when calculating the limitation period. It is, therefore, crucial that limitation issues are considered at the outset of any potential claims.
In the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal case of SRA v David Hayhurst, the issue of whether a solicitor is under an implied duty to carry out work that is reasonably incidental to the retainer was examined.
The Supreme Court case of Perry v Raleys Solicitors [2019] UKSC 5 was an opportunity for the Court to consider the correct approach to determining loss of chance…
There have been a spate of recent cases where conveyancing solicitors acting for lenders may have been honest but these solicitors’ actions resulted in loss of monies through…