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In the last 12 months High Court figures show that the number of professional negligence claims have soared. According to the figures there were 147 professional negligence actions in the High Court in 2008, which rose to 339 in 2009 (a 130.6% increase). Professional negligence claims against accountants rose from 0 in 2008 to 28 [...]
Posted by Darren Sylvester on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Filed under In The News, latest law updates · Tagged accountants, conveyancing transactions, estate agents, High Court claims, lenders' claims, other professionals, premiums, professional indemnity insurance, Professional negligence, solicitors, surveyors
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 [...]
Posted by Darren Sylvester on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Filed under Exams, latest law updates, Support For Law Students, Tutoring · Tagged breach of duty, burden, causation, inference, Levicom International Holdings BV and another v Linklaters [2010] EWCA Civ 494, litigation, loss, presumption, Professional negligence, rebuttable presumption, settle, solicitor and client, Standard of Care
