Podcasts

Allied Maples at Thirty: Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons

Thirty years on from the landmark decision in Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons, Sir Rupert Jackson, Roger Stewart KC, and Hugh Evans reflect on its lasting impact on professional negligence law and the application of its principles in modern litigation. They discuss the development of the loss of a chance doctrine, its use across […]

What is, or is not, a SLAPP? An Examination of the SRA Guidance and its Ramifications

In this podcast episode, 4 New Square Chambers Barristers Clare Dixon KC and Ben Smiley explore the SRA’s guidance on SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation), the implications for litigation conduct and the challenges it presents to solicitors, COLPs and GCs. With the publication on 31 May 2024 of the SRA’s updated Warning Notice on SLAPPs, […]

Conversations in Professional Liability: What you need to know about audit

In this latest episode of our back to basics Conversations in Professional Liability series, Helen Evans KC, Marie-Claire O’Kane and Will Cook explain all you need to know about audit, discuss key judgments and legal developments and consider what might lie ahead in auditor’s negligence.

Conversations in Professional Liability: What you need to know about wasted costs

In this latest episode of our back to basics Conversations in Professional Liability series, barristers Amanda Savage KC, Paul Parker and Ben Smiley discuss all you need to know about applications for wasted costs; what they are, how you go about making them and what hurdles there might be.

Conversations in Professional Liability Episode 2: What you need to know about costs in professional liability work

In this latest episode of our Conversations in Professional Liability series, barristers Hugh Evans, Stephen Innes and Matt Waszak look at some of the key points and topics related to costs from the perspective of a professional liability practitioner including pre-action costs, part 36, assessment of costs and the civil justice council costs review.

Duty of care in contractual chains; Have we reached a consensus?

Conversations in Professional Liability Episode 1: What you need to know about solicitor’s minimum term insurance

In this first episode of our new series, Conversations in Professional Liability, barristers Jamie Smith KC, Clare Dixon KC and Anthony Jones explain the insurance cover solicitors are required to obtain (minimum term insurance) and look at the types of claim are covered and which are not.  They explain how claims attach to a policy, […]

When Tax Schemes Go Sour

In this podcast episode, barristers Paul Mitchell KC and Ben Smiley focus on the position of professionals who recommend tax avoidance or mitigation schemes or who adapt the contractual documentation necessary to give effect to these schemes. They will also be touching on a very recent claim against the architect of one such scheme, a […]

Dishonest Professionals: Recent Developments

The litigation of civil fraud claims is on the rise, with the Commercial Court consistently reporting this as an area of growth over the last three years. In this podcast, Tim Chelmick and Hannah Daly examine recent developments in the case-law concerning allegations of dishonesty against professionals, including insights into how dishonesty is defined, how […]

Double Trouble: recent developments in limitation

In this podcast episode on limitation, Helen Evans KC and John Williams will cover four core topics; section 32 of the Limitation Act, the law on repeated breaches by professionals, the niche but important issue of when time starts to run for limitation purposes during the  course of the day and making amendments after the […]