Subjects:

Professional Conduct and Ethics, Professional Negligence

Contents:

Introduction

Civil Liability

1. Interrelationship of general principles

2. Contractual duties

3. Tortious duties

4. Issues with relevance to both contractual and tortious liability

5. Liability for partners and employees

6. Equitable obligations

7. Solicitors as officers of the court

8. Undertakings

9. Defences

10. Remedies

11. Interrelationship with the liability of other professionals

12. Case examples focussing on particular areas of practice

13. Solicitors' Indemnity Insurance

Professional Regulation

14. The Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors and overview of the regulatory process

15. Law Society Consumer Complaints Service and the Legal Services Ombudsman

16. Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

17. Interrelationship of professional regulation and civil liability

Criminal Obligations and Liability

The Impact of the Human Rights Act on legal and regulatory liability

Professional negligence is an expanding area of interest, and Solicitors' Negligence and Liability is a new and authoritative stand alone text providing coverage of the major topics of solicitors' negligence and liability.

Readily accessible and functional, this specialist desk guide is clearly laid out for quick and precise analysis of the specific topic areas of contractual duties, tortious duties, equitable obligations, undertakings, defences, remedies, solicitors' indemnity insurance and also gives unique and valuable coverage of professional regulation.

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• Essential and up-to-date coverage of professional regulatory and indemnity insurance issues;
• Extensive use of leading and illustrative cases;
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