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A Warning to Lawyers in Professional Negligence Claims: Solicitors owe a duty to warn clients of risks

A solicitor is not under a general duty to warn clients about risks relating to matters which fall outside the scope of the client retainer; a potential professional negligence claim exists where there is a failure to warn as to risks which are material to the retainer.

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Shanks v Unilever [2019]: UK Supreme Court potentially opens floodgates for further intellectual property claims by inventors

The Supreme Court (Lord Kitchin, Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Hodge and Lady Black sitting) this week have handed down the highly anticipated judgment in Shanks v Unilever…

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The Price of Refusing to Discuss Costs: Court of Appeal backs issuance of professional negligence claim to recover pre-action costs

The Court of Appeal in Ayton v RSM Bentley Jennison [2018] EWHC 2851 (QB), has provided authoritative dicta on whether a claim can be issued, solely to recover costs, in…