The new edition of this popular title provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of solicitors’ negligence, liability in equity and wasted costs.
Written by practitioners for practitioners, it deals with a variety of topics, from general principles to specific situations, and is a handy and practical guide to the procedural aspects of bringing and defending a claim for solicitors’ negligence.
The new third edition includes important coverage of insurance issues, regulatory issues, disciplinary regulation of solicitors, coverage of the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority’s new code of conduct governing the profession and the introduction of the new role of Compliance Officer for Legal Practice, a new requirement for all solicitor firms.