Breach of duty does not cause loss
Breach of duty does not cause loss
- 1990
- Financial Times 11/4/90 p14 .
In Stratton Ltd v Weston ChD 22 March 1990 it was held that a solicitor who knows that his client`s landlord is in receivership and, in breach of duty , fails to register a concluded agreement for a new lease so that security of tenure is lost on the sale of the property, cannot be said to have caused the client`s loss in going out of possession.
LIABILITY
NEGLIGENCE
In Stratton Ltd v Weston ChD 22 March 1990 it was held that a solicitor who knows that his client`s landlord is in receivership and, in breach of duty , fails to register a concluded agreement for a new lease so that security of tenure is lost on the sale of the property, cannot be said to have caused the client`s loss in going out of possession.
LIABILITY
NEGLIGENCE