Description

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Solicitors' Negligence and Liability provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of solicitors' negligence, liability in equity and wasted costs. Written by leading practitioners in the field, it deals with a variety of topics, from general principles to specific situations, providing practical guidance to the procedural aspects of bringing and defending a claim for solicitors' negligence. The fourth edition includes: - A new chapter on insurance law focusing on a number of key topics which arise, particularly in relation to solicitors' insurance: aggregation; condonation; definition of private legal practice; notification; possibly successor practice rules. - A new section aimed at people who run solicitors' firms, covering: Establishing and terminating a retainer; Reducing scope of liability, and moulding fiduciary duties, at the start of the retainer; Money laundering, including due diligence on clients; Terms and conditions; Cross referencing to identity fraud in other chapters. - Updated case law to cover all recent Supreme Court and Court of Appeal decisions, eg Hughes-Holland v BPE (Supreme Court) scope of duty and extent of damages; Redler v AIB (Supreme Court): breach of trust; Lowick Rose v Swynson (Supreme Court): lifting the corporate veil in claims against professionals; Tiuta International v de Villiers (Court of Appeal): lenders' claims, impact of a remortgage on damages; Wellesley v Withers (Court of Appeal): test for remoteness of damage; and E Surv v Goldsmith Williams (Court of Appeal): implied duty on solicitors in lenders' claims. - Regulatory/disciplinary developments, eg revised SRA Code of Conduct.

About the Author

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William Flenley QC of Hailsham Chambers and Tom Leech QC of Herbert Smith Freehills.Assisted by Thomas Grant, barrister, Maitland Chambers, Paul Mitchell, barrister, Hailsham Chambers and Greham Reid, barrister, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP.