Phillips and Co and Another v Whatley: PC 2 May 2007

(Gilbraltar) The respondent had made a claim against his former lawyers, the appellants, alleging that he had lost out on a very significant personal injury claim for their failure to issue a writ in time.

Judges:

Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Lord Mance

Citations:

[2007] UKPC 28, [2007] PNLR 27, [2007] Lloyd’s Rep PN 34

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedChannon (T/A Channon and Co) v Ward QBD 12-May-2015
The claimant had lost significant sums through his accountancy practice, but now claimed that his insurance broker, the defendant had negligently failed to renew his professional indemnity policies, even though he had supplied policy numbers to the . .
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Professional Negligence, Litigation Practice

Updated: 17 October 2022; Ref: scu.251627