Tag: Liquidation

Supreme Court of UK

When will the Solicitors’ Equitable Lien be Waived?

In Supreme Court case of Candey Ltd v Crumpler and another (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation))[2022] UKSC 35 the question in issue was that under what circumstances will solicitors have waived (or be inferred to have waived) their equitable lien when a solicitor enters into a security arrangement with a client?