In a professional negligence claim where the claimant alleges negligence in defending a mortgagee possession action, and the claim engages the loss of chance principle, the question is not as to the likely outcome of the possession claim had it been defended properly, but the ‘prospects’ for their retention of the property if they had done so.
Judges:
Rix LJ
Citations:
[2005] PNLR 6
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Veitch and Another v Avery CA 12-Jul-2007
The claimants appealed the award of only nominal damages after they succeeded in their claim against their solicitors for negligence in their conduct of the defence of a mortgage possession action.
Held: The appeal failed. The judge was . .
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Damages
Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.254595