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Article: Property Professionals' Liability Briefing - Case Summaries.(Vision Golf Ltd. v. Weightmans)(Brian Warwicker Partnership v. HOK International Ltd.)(Riyad Bank & Ors v. Ahli United Bank (UK) Plc)
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- November 28, 2006
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Professionals Cannot Escape By Blaming The Next In Line
Vision Golf Ltd V Weightmans (2005)
In Vision Golf Ltd v Weightmans (2005) the court was not prepared to let the defendant solicitors firm escape the consequences of its wrongdoing by blaming the errors of the firm who was retained by the claimant at a later date.
Here, the defendant solicitors who had been instructed by the claimant in May 2000, failed to apply to the claimant's landlords for relief from forfeiture. In December 2000, the claimant instructed a new firm of solicitors who advised that an application for forfeiture was likely to fail. The application was eventually made in ...