https://www.hughjames.com Top 100 UK Law Firm Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:49:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://www.hughjames.com/app/uploads/2024/04/cropped-HughJames_Logo_Shorthand_Red_RGB-1-32x32.png https://www.hughjames.com 32 32 https://www.hughjames.com/blog/case-note-brearley-v-higgs-son-a-firm-2021-ewhc-2635-ch/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:40:57 +0000 https://uat.develop-hugh-james.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/blog/case-note-brearley-v-higgs-son-a-firm-2021-ewhc-2635-ch/ In case of Brearley v Higgs & Son (a firm) [2021] EWHC 2635 (Ch) the Court considered the Claimants honest intention when pursuing a professional negligence claim. In this case, the Claimants James Brearley (and his related business associates) brought a professional negligence claim against their former solicitors, Higgs & Sons. The claim related to a missed opportunity to develop a Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Wolverhampton (“the Wolverhampton opportunity”).

]]> https://www.hughjames.com/blog/limitation-defence-dismissed-for-claimant-amputee-suing-his-former-solicitor-for-under-settlement/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:45:36 +0000 https://uat.develop-hugh-james.spindogs-dev7.co.uk/blog/limitation-defence-dismissed-for-claimant-amputee-suing-his-former-solicitor-for-under-settlement/ In Witcomb v J Keith Park Solicitors (a firm) & Anor the court has allowed the claimant the right to pursue his professional negligence claim against his previous solicitor for under settlement of his personal injury claim in 2009, following amputation 8 years later.

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