Access to Skeleton Arguments By , Parminder Badhan Skeleton arguments or written submissions are tools of advocacy and, unlike pleadings, or case…
Eminent tax barrister defeats claims brought by scheme investors By Parminder Badhan Marketed tax avoidance schemes have been around for a long time, but it was only in the early…
No aggregation of claims following dishonest solicitor's thefts By Parminder Badhan, Phil Murrin In what is undoubtedly an important decision for the insurance market, solicitors and claimants,…
Duties owed by solicitors and trade unions By , Parminder Badhan, Phil Murrin The case of Langley v GMB & Ors [2020] EWCH 3619 QB provides useful guidance on the duties…
Solicitors' Risks in Brief Newsletter - December 2020 By Catrin Davies, Phil Murrin, Parminder Badhan Regulatory Is the tide changing for junior lawyers READ MORE …
Beware of costs sanctions if your conduct falls out of line By Parminder Badhan, Phil Murrin A number of recent cases have served as a stark reminder to practitioners of the importance of…
Solicitors' Risks in Brief newsletter - April 2020 By Catrin Davies, Phil Murrin, Parminder Badhan Regulatory The SRA Standards and Regulations 2019 On 25 November 2019, the SRA…
Fiduciary duties owed by a director survive insolvency Re System Building Services Group Limited (in liquidation) [2020] EWHC 54 (Ch) By Parminder Badhan A recent English case has considered for the first time whether and if so to what extent the…
Court of Appeal clarifies new test for dishonesty in accountant's accessory liability case By Richard Highley, Parminder Badhan In a key decision of the Court of Appeal, an accountant was found to have dishonestly assisted…
Duty to Warn in Co-extensive with a Solicitor's retainers By Parminder Badhan, Phil Murrin Cathal Anthony Lyons v Fox Williams LLP [2018] EWCA Civ 2347 The Court of Appeal on 25 October…
Solicitors' Risk in Brief - April 2019 By Phil Murrin, Catrin Davies, Parminder Badhan Controversial proposal to reduce SRA Minimum Cover is kicked onto the back-burner In…
Duty to warn is co-extensive with a solicitor's retainer By Phil Murrin, Parminder Badhan The Court of Appeal has today (25 October 2018) dismissed an appeal which challenged a judge's…
Solicitor's liability to opposing party By Ross Risby, Parminder Badhan Steel v NRAM Limited [2018] UKSC 13 (28 February 2018) This case had an unusual dimension as the…
The Supreme Court finally speaks on Aggregation By Phil Murrin, Julian Miller, Parminder Badhan In a hotly-anticipated judgment, the Supreme Court yesterday (22 March 2017) clarified that the…
The scope of the retainer and the engagement letter (Lyons v Fox Williams) By Phil Murrin, Parminder Badhan Practice Compliance analysis: Phil Murrin, Partner, and Parminder Badhan, Associate, consider the…
Ruling in favour of solicitors’ insurer over debts and trading liabilities By Phil Murrin, Parminder Badhan DAC Beachcroft's Phil Murrin and Parminder Badhan featured in Thursday 3 November's edition of…
Liabilities arising from funding agreement caught by debts and trading liabilities exclusion By Parminder Badhan, Phil Murrin, Clare Hughes-Williams Impact Funding Solutions Limited v AIG Europe Insurance Ltd [2016] UKSC 57
More problems on duties and causation for sophisticated clients By Parminder Badhan, Phil Murrin Cathal Anthony Lyons v Fox Williams LLP [2016] EWHC 2427 (QB)
Vendor's solicitor jointly liable to purchaser in novel breach of trust case By Parminder Badhan, Phil Murrin, Ross Risby Hurry Narain Purrunsing v A’Court & Co and (2) House Owners Conveyancers Limited [2016] EWHC…
Guidance on aggregation under the SRA Minimum Terms By Phil Murrin, Parminder Badhan, Julian Miller AIG Europe Limited v OC320301 LLP (formerly The International Law Partnership LLP) & The Law…