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…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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)
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…