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Breach of duty does not cause loss

Language: English Series: Financial Times ; 11/4/90 p14Publication details: 1990Subject(s): Summary: 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.
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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.