“simply telling a client, here is the insurance policy documentation; be sure to read it and check it meets your requirements is not good enough” according to the Royal Court in Jersey, which awarded £528,500 to a café owner against…read more
£50 million professional negligence claim successfully defended
Law firm Collyer Bristow has successfully defended allegations of conspiracy, dishonest assistance, and negligence during a 16-week trial in the High Court. A group action, brought by 555 claimants, alleged that the firm was in breach of financial services regulations…read more
Defending boom-time property valuations
Valuation reports prepared by surveyors in better economic times may come back to bite as lenders and investors try to recover losses on commercial property now worth a fraction of the original purchase price. Defending a case of negligent valuation…read more
