Professional negligence

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Update | Professional negligence: Negligent litigation conduct

Sarah Clover reports on recent cases concerning allegations of negligent conduct of litigation

Professional negligence update: scope of the duty to clients

Katie Papworth and Sophie Davies discuss recent cases concerning the scope of a professional's duty to its clients

Professional negligence update

Katie Papworth and Sophie Davies review the scope of a solicitor's duty, issues surrounding the termination of a retainer and the practicalities of running a professional negligence claim

Sole practitioner wins negligence battle over Hendrix concert

Sole practitioner Clive Sutton has seen off a High Court negligence action by a former client who claimed he was badly advised in a row over a CD of two concert performances given by rock legend Jimi Hendrix in Stockholm in January 1969.

GMC swallows bitter pill of High Court ruling

The General Medical Council has accepted a highly critical ruling from the High Court, which quashed a decision of its fitness to practise panel to strike off a leading professor at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.

Professional negligence update

Victoria Brackett and Katie Papworth review cases involving compensation for financial advice, the extent of surveyors' duty of care to property buyers and the scope of a solicitor's retainer

SRA apologises over mySRA shortcomings

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has apologised to solicitors for technical problems they have experienced using 'mySRA', the new online system for PC renewals and keeping names on the roll.

Update: professional negligence

Victoria Brackett and Katie Papworth consider a ruling on the duties of valuers, when you can rely on counsel's advice and settlement without authority