Articles & Publications: Helen Evans KC
By Helen Evans KC, Ben Smiley, Pippa Manby, Marie-Claire O’Kane and Will Cook…
Insolvency and Contribution Claims make uneasy companions in the professional liability sphere….
When professionals are sued, it’s not unusual for them to make an assertion that their clients were “up to something”, or to complain that they had…
There has been a recent spate of cases where claimants have attempted to argue that their solicitors owed them duties to go beyond the work which…
The principle of reflective loss has reared its head in multiple cases since 2020. Although the Supreme Court’s judgment in Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd [2020]…
On 12 April 2022, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the contribution claim between solicitors and counsel in Percy v Merriman White [2022] EWCA…
Overview The key professional negligence cases of 2021 picked up on recurring challenges in this area of law and addressed in particular: The methodical way to…
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…
It is not uncommon for defendants to professional negligence claims to argue that the claimant should be barred from recovering damages because his or her cause…
Overview The 2019 professional liability case law was dominated by four core themes, which arose repeatedly in numerous contexts in claims against lawyers and auditors in…
According to the SRA, the approach of the new Standards and Regulations due to come into force in November 2019 is marked by “stripping away outdated…
Just as there is an infinite variety of ways in which majority shareholders in a company can mistreat a minority shareholder, the court also has creativity…
By Carl Troman, Barrister and Mediator at 4 New Square Chambers Four…
What should claimants do when limitation is about to expire? Noting the…
There has been a spate of cases in the past couple of…
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