Professional NegligenceProfessional Negligence
A former headteacher has been banned from teaching for life after she failed to meet health and safety standards resulting in pupils and staff being put at serious risk. Read more...
And no, this is not the start of my story about my daughter refusing any sort of vegetable offered to her, despite all entreaties and cajoling. This is really to do with to do with the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of Graham Thomas v Hugh James Ford Simey Solicitors [2017] EWCA Civ 1303. Read more...
The High Court has published its decision in May 2017 to dismiss a negligence claim against city law firm Farrer & Co Read more...
An Alternative Business Structure (ABS) is preparing group negligence action against conveyancers who work for the developers and purchasers of ‘help to buy’ leasehold housing Read more...
In the realms of professional negligence claims, it is common to see cases whereby solicitors have settled claims at an undervalue. More often than not, this sort of undervalue settlement can occur in the context of personal injury claims, clinical negligence claims or litigation claims Read more...
Law firm Leigh Day had a professional negligence claim brought against them after a client was unsuccessful in bringing a clinical negligence claim against the hospital where her father died Read more...
The above title aptly captures what the indemnity insurers for Lewis Silkin LLP would have felt following the handing down of the judgment in the case of Wright v Lewis Silkin LLP by the Court of Appeal on 21st December 2016. Read more...