Westlake v JP Cave & Co. and another
Westlake v JP Cave & Co. and another
- 1998
- New Property Cases [1998] 3 NPC (4) .
QBD 14 January 1998. A failure to keep adequate notes of instructions by a solicitor leads to a successful claim for damages for negligence. A subsequent grant of planning permission which enhanced the value of the subject land, is not taken to have mitigated the loss suffered from the act of negligence. TAKEN FROM THE HEADNOTE. NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED.
NEGLIGENCE
SALE OF LAND
SOLICITORS
QBD 14 January 1998. A failure to keep adequate notes of instructions by a solicitor leads to a successful claim for damages for negligence. A subsequent grant of planning permission which enhanced the value of the subject land, is not taken to have mitigated the loss suffered from the act of negligence. TAKEN FROM THE HEADNOTE. NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED.
NEGLIGENCE
SALE OF LAND
SOLICITORS