Levicom International Holdings BV and another v Linklaters [2010] EWCA Civ 494 is authority for the proposition that when a solicitor gives advice that his client has a strong case to start litigation – rather than settle – and the client then does just that, then normal inference is that the advice is causative.  That [...]

Al Rawi and others v Security Service and others [2010] EWCA Civ 482 is authority for the proposition that: a trial was conducted on the basis that each party and his lawyer, saw and heard all the evidence and all the arguments seen and heard by the court; a party to litigation should know the [...]

Judge Charles Harris Q.C. has commented that the civil law was so complicated that some laws were “completely beyond the grasp of people to whom they apply”.  “Law which is not readily comprehensive is unfair law, because those to whom it applies have to spend time, money and anxiety in finding out by litigation what [...]