Devon & Somerset Law Society's Professional Negligence Update with speakers from St John's Chambers

PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE LATEST CASES

Date: Wednesday 30th April 2014

Time: 9.45 am - 1.00 pm / 3 hours CPD

Venue: Exeter Racecourse

St John's Chambers' Professional Negligence Team will be speaking at Devon & Somerset Law Society's Professional Negligence Update on Wednesday, 30^th April at Exeter Racecourse from 9.45am until 1.00pm.

Topics include:

John Dickinson  

Limitation issues in professional negligence claims

John will cover limitation periods for the misconduct of litigation and limitation issues in lenders’ negligence claims.

David Fletcher

Professional negligence in construction contracts

This will be a discussion of the duties of care owed by architects, surveyors and engineers in administering building contracts, issues of ostensible authority which arise when they act for corporate clients, and negligent overvaluation.

Guy Adams  

Causation, mitigation and solicitors who continue to act after being negligent

Guy will address recent developments in the law relating to the court’s approach to questions of causation and mitigation, and in particular as to how the burden of proof shifts. He will pay particular attention to a solicitor’s professional obligations, if he appreciates that he may have been negligent, and the practical problems that arise from continuing to act in such circumstances.

George Rowell

Negligent tax advice and disappointed beneficiaries: the extent of White v Jones Liability

The full implications of the House of Lords’ decision in 1995 have still not been worked through. Drawing upon recent case law, George Rowell will consider whether liability for professional negligence can exist in the following common situations: 1) A claim by a deceased person’s heirs arising from negligent tax-planning advice given to the deceased during his lifetime; 2) A claim by the beneficiaries of an inter vivos trust arising from negligence on the part of the advisors retained by the settlor to establish the trust.

For the speakers’ full profile, please visit www.stjohnschambers.co.uk

FEES:

Members:

£102.50+ VAT (£123.00 incl. VAT) for the first booking

£86.50 + VAT (£103.80 incl. VAT) for subsequent bookings

Non-members: £127.50+ VAT (£153.00 incl. VAT)

Trainees: £51.25 + VAT (£61.50 incl. VAT)

Please book your place through the Devon & Somerset Law Society by e-mailing Hetty Rizman - hetty@dasls.com.