000			01275cab a2200193 4500
001			ABS41588
008			090401t1989 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u31055
041			_aeng
245			_aLee and another v Thompson
260			_c1989
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(1989) 40 EG 89-91(2)
520			_aCA 9 March 1989. (T) was a solicitor who retired from practice in 1977. In 1975 he had acted for the plaintiffs (L) in connection with the purchase of the freehold of the house in which they lived. The cost of the freehold was £350 which L gave to T to effect the purchase. In May 1984 L discovered that they had not secured the freehold. They issued a writ in 1986 when the freehold was worth £4,000 claiming damages of £5,000. T claimed that any pleas against him was statute-barred due to time elapsed since the incident. The court held this to be true in the claim of breach of contract, the breach having occurred before 1980 but the claim in tort was considered not time barred. CA overturned this decision, the action did not lie in both contract and tort but only contract. Appeal allowed.
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c20876 _d20876