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Supreme Court resolves solicitors’ PI aggregation clause question?

26/04/2017

The disagreement over the exact meaning of the solicitors’ professional indemnity aggregation clause has received further comment by the Supreme Court.  The ruling provides greater clarity for solicitors about when similar professional indemnity insurance claims can be aggregated together into…read more

Solicitor fails to force insurer to indemnify £4.65m mortgage fraud

04/04/2017

A Solicitor has failed in her attempt to force an insurer to pay out a £4.65m professional indemnity insurance claim, following a mortgage fraud.  The court found that the solicitor had acted dishonestly which prevented her from pursuing a claim…read more

Appeal court overturns £2m negligence claim against City firm

15/03/2017

City law firm, Lewis Silkin has escaped a £2 million negligence award after the Court of Appeal ruled that the client’s loss was outside the solicitor’s scope of duty. Lewis Silkin’s former client, Timothy Wright, claimed that he had missed…read more

Claimant could not call witnesses after solicitor missed deadline

26/01/2017

A claimant was unable to call any witnesses in a negligence case against an insurance broker after its solicitor failed to serve witness statements on time. The Court of Appeal has decided that a judge’s ruling preventing the witnesses evidence…read more

Northern Rock brings £100m claim against Eversheds

20/12/2016

Northern Rock Asset Management (NRAM) is suing international law firm, Eversheds, in a claim worth £100m. NRAM says it became liable to refund all the charges and interest it had charged to borrowers on loans following negligent advice from Eversheds….read more

SRA data signals new attempt to reform solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance

16/11/2016

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published new claims data as part of its attempt to reform the minimum terms for solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (PII). It shows that ninety eight per cent of solicitors’ PII claims are settled for…read more

Lawyers blunders should be made public says SRA

28/10/2016

Information about solicitors past mistakes may be made available to comparison websites, says the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The regulator is looking at long-term strategic solutions to help consumers choose their solicitors.  “The sort of information we’re looking at publishing…read more

Tell clients how to complain warns Legal Ombudsman

26/09/2016

Most law firms are failing in their duty to tell their clients about their right to complain to the Legal Ombudsman new research has found. Only two out of ten people who complained to the Ombudsman were told about the…read more

Clearly defined client instructions protect firm against negligence claims

15/08/2016

Clearly defining and recording clients’ instructions can protect lawyers against litigious clients.  Law firm Wright Hassall recently had a negligence claim against them thrown out by the Court after they proved that their client’s instructions had been clearly set out…read more

Solicitor rapped over negligent will

18/07/2016

Failure to check a client’s intentions about her will left a solicitor in hot water.  The beneficiaries were left £62,500 short of the inheritance they expected and accused the lawyer of negligence. The solicitor settled out of court but was…read more

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