The plaintiffs sought to amend their claim to add an assertion that the defendant solicitors’ duty of confidentiality was lost by virtue of their clients’ fraudulent intent, and the possible knowledge of the defendant solicitors of that intent. It was argued that this was a new head of claim, and that it was statute barred.
Judges:
Sir Iain Glidewell
Citations:
[1990] 1 LLR 33
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Abbey National Plc v Clive Travers and Co (a Firm) CA 18-May-1999
The defendants appealed an order for discovery saying it would infringe their duty of confidence to their clients. The firm had acted for the buyer, seller and lender. A fraud on the lender was alleged. The solicitors sought to rely upon the . .
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Limitation
Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.185103
