Sue Carr QC
Chancery
Much of Sue's professional indemnity work is litigated in the Chancery Division. In particular, much of her civil fraud practice and work in lenders’ and solicitors’ claims takes place here. She has also considerable experience of "direct" Chancery work, such as company, property and tax disputes, including claims against directors, for example in relation to allegedly negligent swap-related advice. Sue regularly lectures to the Chancery Bar Association, having spoken to date on the Financial Services Ombudsman, on Daniels v. Thompson and most recently on equitable remedies in the field of knowing assistance.
Cases include:
- Daniels v. Thompson [2004] PNLR 23 (solicitors' negligence, inheritance tax, duties to third parties)
- Balfron Trustees Ltd v. Peterson and others (No 2) [2001] All ER 104 (solicitors' accessory liability - stay of civil proceedings)
- BDG Roof-Bond Ltd v. Douglas and others [2000] BCLC 1 (solicitors' negligence claim arising out of buy-out transaction)
- Twinsectra v. Yardley and others [2002] 2AC 164 (constructive trusts/accessory liability)
- Mortgage Express Ltd v. Newman v. Solicitors Indemnity Fund Ltd [2000] PNLR 298 (solicitors' dishonesty)
- Law Society v Weymuss [2008] EWHC 252 (Ch) (whether the Law Society could be said to owe a private law duty of care to clients of firms with monies on client account).
- Halifax Plc v. Gould & Swayne and others [1999] PNLR 184 (solicitors' duties/estoppel by convention in shared ownership managed litigation)