Re-assertion of the challenges for a Defendant to a contribution claim By Philip Murrin, Sara Robertson, The High Court has recently (12 January 2021) applied the principle set out in 2016 by the Court of…
Accountancy Newsletter - December 2020 By Richard Highley, Rebecca Smith, Philip Murrin, Christopher Dyke, Gill Burnett, , Naomi Park, , DAC Beachcroft's Accountancy newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and…
Supreme Court rules on the illegality defence - Stoffel & Co (Appellant) v Grondona (Respondent) [2020] UKSC 42 By Richard Highley, Philip Murrin, Naomi Park When does illegal conduct by a claimant prevent recovery of civil damages? Put another way, how…
Solicitors' Risks in Brief Newsletter - December 2020 By Catrin Davies, Philip Murrin, Parminder Badhan Regulatory Is the tide changing for junior lawyers READ MORE …
No implied duties owed to counter-party By Sara Robertson, Philip Murrin Mr Justice Snowden confirmed in NDH Properties Limited v Lupton Fawcett LLP [2020] EWHC 3050 (Ch)…
Court permits belated substitution of defendant professionals By Philip Murrin, The decision in Powis Street Estates (No 3) Ltd v (1) Wallace LLP (2) Cradick Retail LLP [2020]…
The illegality defence in professional negligence claims – where are we now, post Stoffel? Stoffel & Co (Appellant) v Grondona (Respondent) [2020] UKSC 42 By Philip Murrin, In what circumstances should claimants partaking in illegal or immoral activity be permitted to…
Aggregation under solicitors’ policies – the boomerang returns By Philip Murrin, Gareth Robinson The volume of claims against the legal profession, and frequency of large scale alleged loss…
Beware of costs sanctions if your conduct falls out of line By Parminder Badhan, Philip 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, Philip Murrin, Parminder Badhan Regulatory The SRA Standards and Regulations 2019 On 25 November 2019, the SRA…
Solicitors' Risk in Brief - August 2019 By Catrin Davies, Philip Murrin, Amy Harris Regulatory I ndemnity Insurance and the Regulatory Revolution The SRA…
Notification of circumstances – clarification from the Court of Appeal Euro Pools Plc v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc [2019] EWCA Civ 808 By Julian Miller, Philip Murrin The Court of Appeal has examined a notification of circumstances which “might reasonably be…
Notification of circumstances – clarification from the Court of Appeal Euro Pools Plc v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc [2019] EWCA Civ 808 By Julian Miller, Philip Murrin, The Court of Appeal has examined a notification of circumstances which “might reasonably be…
Duty to Warn in Co-extensive with a Solicitor's retainers By Parminder Badhan, Philip Murrin Cathal Anthony Lyons v Fox Williams LLP [2018] EWCA Civ 2347 The Court of Appeal on 25 October…
The new disclosure pilot By Sara Robertson, Philip Murrin On 1 January 2019, a new disclosure pilot came into effect in the Business and Property Courts…
Data Subject Access Requests and Solicitors' Obligation By Philip Murrin Data Subject Access Requests (“DSARs”) are nothing new, but the volume of noise arising is…
Solicitors' Risk in Brief - April 2019 By Philip 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 Philip Murrin, Parminder Badhan The Court of Appeal has today (25 October 2018) dismissed an appeal which challenged a judge's…
Solicitors' Risks in Brief October 2018 By Philip Murrin, Catrin Davies, Gill Burnett Overview Claim Worries 2018 Regulatory The SRA's Risk Outlook …
Change in the direction of judicial thinking since Lewis v Ward Hadaway By Philip Murrin, Mark Healing Atha & Co Solicitors v Zoe Liddle [2018] EWHC 1751 (QB) In recent years, the issue of…
Solicitor Risk in Brief May 2018 By Philip Murrin, Catrin Davies, Gill Burnett Regulatory Recent SDT Decisions relating to solicitors mental health Reformed…
Dreamvar – the recurring nightmare for solicitors and PI insurers? By Philip Murrin, Mark Healing Case briefing: Dreamvar (UK) Limited v Mishcon de Reya; P&P Property Ltd v Owen White &…
SRA Proposals for PII Reform By Suzanne Wharton, Clare Hughes-Williams, Philip Murrin The SRA has now launched its long awaited consultation on reforming the Solicitors Minimum Terms…
Solicitors Risks In Brief October 2017 By Philip Murrin, Clare Hughes-Williams, Gill Burnett SRA issues warning notice on offensive notifications Court of Appeal confusion on lost…
Solicitors Risks In Brief April 2017 By Philip Murrin, Clare Hughes-Williams, Gill Burnett The Supreme Court finally speaks on Aggregation Supreme Court hands down its decision in BPE…
Supreme Court hands down its decision in BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland (in substitution for Gabriel) [2017] UKSC 21 By Philip Murrin, Clare Hughes-Williams, Tom Bedford Supreme Court hands down its decision in BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland (in substitution for…
The Supreme Court finally speaks on Aggregation By Philip 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 Philip 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 Philip Murrin, Parminder Badhan DAC Beachcroft's Phil Murrin and Parminder Badhan featured in Thursday 3 November's edition of…
Solicitors Risks In Brief November 2016 By Philip Murrin, Clare Hughes-Williams, Gill Burnett, Catrin Davies "Let's Agree to Disagree" Plain Sailing No special rules for litigants in person …
Liabilities arising from funding agreement caught by debts and trading liabilities exclusion By Parminder Badhan, Philip 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, Philip Murrin Cathal Anthony Lyons v Fox Williams LLP [2016] EWHC 2427 (QB)
"Tell me something I don't know!" By Philip Murrin High Court finds that solicitors gave appropriate advice to a sophisticated client during his…
Solicitors Risks In Brief June 2016 By Philip Murrin, Clare Hughes-Williams, Gill Burnett, Catrin Davies A Cautionary Reminder: Be Clear who your Client is Annual Law Society Survey of Solicitors PI…
Vendor's solicitor jointly liable to purchaser in novel breach of trust case By Parminder Badhan, Philip 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 Philip Murrin, Parminder Badhan, Julian Miller AIG Europe Limited v OC320301 LLP (formerly The International Law Partnership LLP) & The Law…
DAC Beachcroft Insurance Adviser Alert: Court of Appeal decision on meaning of 'trading debts' in MTCs reverses previous authority By Philip Murrin In a departure from earlier first instance decisions, the Court of Appeal has decided that a…
AIB Group (UK) Ltd v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors [2014] By Philip Murrin, Marcus Thomson, Catrin Davies The long awaited Judgment of the Supreme Court provided clarity on Wednesday, 5 November 2014 on…