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Limitation Periods in Professional Negligence.
In Holt v Holley & Steer Solicitors (a firm) [2020] EWCA Civ 851 the Court of Appeal reviewed limitation periods and in particular the question of when the clock starts to run within which to bring a claim in professional negligence against a solicitor firm. The Limitation Act 1980 provides time limits within which a […]
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Immunity from suit
No person taking part in legal proceedings, such as the judge, the advocates including the barristers and solicitors representing their clients, the witnesses and the parties themselves can be sued for anything written or spoken in the course of the proceedings. The immunity from suit is absolute and cannot be defeated by malice In Taylor […]
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Mark Allen receives an apology from the Independent
Mark Allen represented by Carruthers Law has secured the following Apology, damages and legal costs from the Independent. On 1st July 2017 we published an article entitled “Director of Grenfell Tower cladding company ‘is government adviser’”. At the time, Mark Allen was the technical director of Saint-Gobain UK who manufactured the Celotex insulation which was […]