Professional Negligence News

On 13 July 2022 Sir Geoffrey Vos Master of the Rolls opened the Civil Justice Council Costs Conference. The PNLA and other interested groups were invited to attend on 13 July 2022 at Mary Ward House in London for a wide ranging discussion of topics relating to civil costs Civil Justice Council Consultation Agenda 13

View some Photagraphs from our recent LIVE Annual conference See Trophy winners Philip Radford of BPE and Peter Lees of Squire Patton Boggs winners of the SAAMCO Trophy – presented by Mr Justice David Waksman More pictures of the event – HERE  

The PNLA wishes all the many friends and colleagues of Mark Cannon QC our condolences and the post published by 4 New Square is set out below. Mark will be very much missed. 4 New Square – Mark Cannon QC It is with very great sadness that chambers has to announce the death of Mark Cannon

Professional negligence lawyers who would like to influence the future may be interested in the following consultations: Solicitors Regulation Authority – closing date 15 February 2022 The SRA have now published their consultation on options for the future of post six-year run-off cover (PSYROC) and the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF). The Legal Services Board –

The PNLA offer our condolences to all the friends and family of Stephen O’Rourke QC. He spoke for the PNLA in 2019 and will be remembered by the professional negligence legal community as a prominent and respected member. Please find the link here to the Faculty of Advocates article of 9 December 2021 https://www.advocates.org.uk/news-and-responses/news/2021/dec/in-memoriam-stephen-o-rourke-qc

PNLA Professional Negligence Briefing Note Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton & Khan v Meadows 18 June 2021.docx

Mr Justice Fraser refers to the PNBA Adjudication Scheme https://pnba.co.uk/pnba-adjudication-scheme/ The costs decision is awaited and will be viewed with considerable interest by many. Whether or not the Judges are prepared to apply costs sanctions in this type of situation could change the landscape on the use of adjudication in professional negligence and liability claims.

This was not just a case about a failure to spot, and draw attention to, certain defects that one might expect to be picked up on a HomeBuyers’ survey. It was about a failure by the surveyor to convey to the clients (i) the limitations of the protection that the survey afforded them, because there

Supreme Court Judgment handed down on 15 January 2021 in the FCA Test case. The proceedings have been brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) under the Financial Markets Test Case Scheme (the “Scheme”) pursuant to an agreement made with eight insurance companies to resolve issues of general importance on which immediately relevant and

Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd (Appellant) v Financial Conduct Authority and others (Respondents) PNLA members Fenchurch Law are holding a webinar to discuss the decision on Thursday, January 21, 2021, 11:00 AM Register to attend