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Professional Negligence News
Private prosecutions to cause surge in professional negligence work
Law Society Gazette article by John Hyde following the PNLA Annual Conference on 28 November 2019 Link to article arising from talk by Anthony Eskander and Colin Witcher
Last-minute service of claim is ‘courting disaster’, lawyers told
Law Society Gazette article by John Hyde following the PNLA Annual Conference on 28 November 2019 Link to article arising from talk by David Berkley QC
PNLA Members Edwin Coe tackle claims relating to Grenfell Tower
Recent blogs from Edwin Coe: The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report – Consequences for Property Owners, Managing agents and Block Managers Fire prevention: the danger of cladding The Edwin Coe team can be contacted via the PNLA website link here: Edwin Coe PNLA Team
Why have 48 law firms refused to act for owners affected by Grenfell Tower type cladding?
Following the publication of the report of Phase 1 of the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry, Frances Gibb of The Times has published this in depth article highlighting the work of Benjamin Pell to try and find help for the owners and occupants of properties with the same type of cladding as Grenfell Tower. Mr Pell
Codification of common law is coming down the tracks
PNLA Conference Dublin 26 September 2019 as reported by the Law Society of Ireland Link to article Law Society Gazette Ireland
Solicitors “ignorant about prof neg adjudication”
Ivor Collett – Crown Office Chambers – PNBA Accredited Adjudicator Litigation Futures article – 22 August 2019 – Posted by Nick Hilborne Litigation Futures – Link to article with comments from PNBA Panel Adjudicator Ivor Collett PNLA Specialists Listing – Profile link
The Future of Disclosure? A Short Look at the Disclosure Pilot in the Business & Property Courts
Luka Krsljanin of 2 Temple Gardens http://www.2tg.co.uk/people/luka-krsljanin/ This article is based on a lecture given to the PNLA at its annual conference on 19th June 2019 The Disclosure Pilot in the Business & Property Courts (the provisions of which are set out in Practice Direction 51U of the CPR) came into effect on 1st January
Litigation Funding – New Government Review
The Government changed the way professional claims could be funded in the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO Part 2). After 1 April 2013 in ‘no win no fee’ actions it became impossible to recover lawyer’s success fees and also a ban was placed on recovery of insurance premiums for After
What is the difference between professional advice and information?
Since 1996 judgments have been handed down in cases creating legal principles to find a balance for the financial liability between a negligent professional and their former client. As time passes many regard the assessment of this balance to be more difficult as new cases emerge. In 2017 judgment of the Supreme Court was handed