Professional Negligence News

The PNLA offer our condolences to all the friends and family of Stephen O’Rourke QC. He spoke for the PNLA in 2019 and will be remembered by the professional negligence legal community as a prominent and respected member. Please find the link here to the Faculty of Advocates article of 9 December 2021 https://www.advocates.org.uk/news-and-responses/news/2021/dec/in-memoriam-stephen-o-rourke-qc

PNLA Professional Negligence Briefing Note Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton & Khan v Meadows 18 June 2021.docx

Mr Justice Fraser refers to the PNBA Adjudication Scheme https://pnba.co.uk/pnba-adjudication-scheme/ The costs decision is awaited and will be viewed with considerable interest by many. Whether or not the Judges are prepared to apply costs sanctions in this type of situation could change the landscape on the use of adjudication in professional negligence and liability claims.

This was not just a case about a failure to spot, and draw attention to, certain defects that one might expect to be picked up on a HomeBuyers’ survey. It was about a failure by the surveyor to convey to the clients (i) the limitations of the protection that the survey afforded them, because there

Supreme Court Judgment handed down on 15 January 2021 in the FCA Test case. The proceedings have been brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) under the Financial Markets Test Case Scheme (the “Scheme”) pursuant to an agreement made with eight insurance companies to resolve issues of general importance on which immediately relevant and

Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd (Appellant) v Financial Conduct Authority and others (Respondents) PNLA members Fenchurch Law are holding a webinar to discuss the decision on Thursday, January 21, 2021, 11:00 AM Register to attend

GUIDELINE HOURLY RATES WORKING GROUP REPORT FOR CONSULTATION JANUARY 2021 Should the recommendations be accepted? –  response required by 31 March 2021 Respond to the consultation online CJC link here   Some thoughts from Katy Manley: The stated methodology itself is contradictory and the logic flawed to the extent that the rates proposed in paragraph

Click here for link to 4 New Square Professional Liability Update: 2020 year in review by Helen Evans, Ben Smiley, Pippa Manby and Ian McDonald Overview The core issues considered in the most important professional negligence cases of 2020 cover five main themes, as follows: The practical consequences of the broad policy-based test laid down in recent

Pradeep Oliver can be contacted on 01892 515121 PNLA registration The scheme has been subject to Court proceedings brought by the Insolvency Service resulting in the winding up of five connected companies: Westcountrytruffles Limited; Truffle Sales Limited; Viceroy Jones New Tech Limited; Viceroy Jones Overseas PCC Limited; Credit Free Limited. A non-party costs order was

In a judgment dated 1 December 2020 Mr Justice Jay reviews the case law regarding the liability of barristers and debates the view in Jackson & Powell at paragraph 144: ‘One aspect of the jurisprudence that requires some attention is the difference between mistakes, errors of judgment, and negligent errors. The authors of Jackson &