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Breach of trust: AIB Group (UK) plc v Mark Redler & Co

  • 1 Chancery Lane
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 13 2013

See my earlier post, 13.12.12, on Nationwide v Davisons 2012 EWCA Civ 1626. The Court of Appeal decision in AIB Group (UK) Plc v Mark Redler & Co

Disclosure under the Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol: Webb Resolutions Ltd v Waller Needham & Green 2012

  • 1 Chancery Lane
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 11 2013

Non-compliance by claimants with their disclosure obligations under the Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol can prove an expensive mistake

‘No transaction’ damages in professional negligence cases

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

A number of recent High Court decisions have involved cases in which lenders have taken action against their former legal advisors for negligence

The Three Wise Men: honesty, reasonableness and fairness - Section 61, Trustee Act 1925

  • 1 Chancery Lane
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 13 2012

Lenders are embracing breach of trust arguments in what would otherwise be traditional negligence claims with fervour

Court of Appeal overturns decision on a bank's liability for negligent advice

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 5 2012

The case of Rubenstein v HSBS Bank Plc 2012 EWCA Civ 1184 involved a claim against a bank for negligent advice in the recommendation of a financial investment

Inaccurate site area in residential mortgage valuation

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 2 2012

Outer House case in which Mr Phimister sued D.M. Hall for alleged professional negligence in respect of a mortgage valuation report carried out on a property in Buckie in Aberdeenshire

Market turmoil in 2008 unexpected, but bank liable for losses because customer sought risk-free investment back in 2005

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 17 2012

Adrian Rubenstein wanted to park the proceeds from the sale of his house in a risk-free investment for a year, while he and his wife looked for another house

Chartered surveyor’s breach of duty held to have caused claimant lender no loss

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 5 2012

Lender Claimant unsuccessful in claim against surveyors notwithstanding surveyors’ breaches of the RICS Red Book

Advisor liable for loss attributable to market turmoil

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 17 2012

Last Wednesday the Court of Appeal handed down its Judgment in the case of Rubenstein v. HSBC Bank plc

No responsibility for loss despite negligent valuation

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 31 2012

There must be a causal link between the breach of duty of care and the loss sustained for a claim in negligence to succeed