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035 _a(Sirsi) u127223
100 _aMurdoch, J.
245 2 _aA very simple truth
260 _c2004
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(0427) 3 July 2004, 127(1)
520 _aDiscusses the concept of negligence in the context of actions brought against professional advisers. Negligence consists of a failure to achieve the right standard of reasonable care and skill in the carrying out of a particular task. Looking at the precise terms of the client's instructions alone is insufficient to identify what a professional adviser is expected to do. Looks at cases where it is claimed that the adviser should have gone beyond the client's explicit instructions including the recent Privy Council decision "Riley v Pickersgill and another" ([2004] UKPC 14, [2004] 14 EG 140 (CS)). Concludes that solicitors' negligence cases could be avoided if clients understood better that solicitors are responsible for legal not commercial advice. View "Riley v Pickersgill and another" at www.bailii.org.uk.
590 _aABS
590 _aABS
650 _aPROFESSIONAL ADVISERS
650 _aREASONABLE CARE
650 _aCLIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
650 _aSOLICITORS
650 _aCARRADINE PROPERTIES LTD V D J FREEMAN AND CO
650 _aREEVES V THRINGS & LONG
650 _aPICKERSGILL AND ANOTHER V RILEY
690 _aPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE-NEGLIGENCE
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