The Law of Solicitors' Liabilities, previously known as
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 new 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.
- 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.
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Professional Negligence Law online service.
The Law of Solicitors' Liabilities, previously known as 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 new 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.
- 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.
The book is both succinct and comprehensive, and I shall have no hesitation in making it my first port of call when required to research a knotty point about solicitors.
