Subjects:

Professional Negligence, Professional Conduct and Ethics

The new edition of this popular title provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of solicitors’ negligence, liability in equity and wasted costs. Written by practitioners for practitioners, it deals with a variety of topics, from general principles to specific situations, and is a handy and practical guide to the procedural aspects of bringing and defending a claim for solicitors’ negligence.

The second edition takes account of numerous recent decisions at House of Lords and Court of Appeal level including:-

• conflicts of interest (Hilton v Barker Booth; Freshfields v Marks & Spencer);
• negligent conduct of litigation (Moy v Pettman Smith);
• duties as to non-legal advice (Pickersgill v Riley);
• limitation (Law Society v Sephton);
• causation (Chester v Afshar, White v Paul Davidson);
• and damages for loss of a chance (Gregg v Scott).