Blakemores Ldp v Scott and Another: CA 7 Oct 2015

The court was asked whether the judge was right to grant summary judgment striking down the first and third appellants’ negligence claims against their solicitors on the grounds that they were issued more than 3 years after they acquired ‘the knowledge required for bringing an action for damages in respect of the relevant damage’ within the meaning of sections 14A(5) and (6) of the Limitation Act 1980.

Moore-Bick, Underhill, Voss LJJ
[2015] EWCA Civ 999
Bailii
England and Wales

Limitation, Professional Negligence

Updated: 04 January 2022; Ref: scu.553110