Solicitors' Negligence and Liability, 2nd edition

Written by leading practitioners for practitioners, Solicitors' Negligence and Liability, 2ed, is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to all aspects of solicitors' liability, from solicitors' negligence to liability in equity and wasted costs.

This practical reference book will enable you to deal confidently with the procedural aspects of bringing and defending a claim for solicitors' liability and provide you with the most detailed and up-to-date commentary available on lenders' claims against solicitors.

This new second edition has been substantially rewritten and revised to take account of numerous recent decisions at House of Lords and Court of Appeal level, including:

In the House of Lords:

Commissioners of Customs & Excise v Barclays Bank (extent of duties of care)
Sempra Metals, and Golden Strait v Nippon Yusen Kaisha (assessment of damages)
Haward v Fawcetts, and Law Society v Sephton (limitation)
Hilton v Barker Booth & Eastwood (conflicts of interest)