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WHITE v WITHERS LLP AND ANOTHER
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 1
Documents — Privacy — Solicitors — Torts — Personal property.
COOK AND ANOTHER v GREEN AND OTHERS
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 5
Auditors — Directors — Shareholders — Company providing financial assistance for purchase of itself by another — Directors in breach of duty — Duty of auditors when complying with statutory whitewash procedure — Contribution claim between directors and auditors.
PICKTHALL v HILL DICKINSON LLP AND ANOTHER
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 25
Solicitors — Negligence — Date of accrual of cause of action — Limitation — Abuse of process — Amendment — Assignment of cause of action.
RUSHMER v SMITH (TRADING AS MERVYN E SMITH & CO)
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 41
Negligence — Accountants — Auditors — Negligently prepared company accounts — Reliance — Causation — Scope of duty — Reflective loss.
SPRECHER GRIER HALBERSTAM LLP AND ANOTHER v WALSH
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 58
Deceit — Conspiracy — Fraudulent misrepresentation — Witnesses — Solicitors — Immunity from suit — Witness immunity — Affidavits — Instructions — Inter partes correspondence.
TAMLURA NV v CMS CAMERON MCKENNA
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 71
Negligence — Solicitors — Legal profession — Professional negligence — Share purchase agreement — Valuation of shares — Drafting of documents — Advice — Commercial advice — Clients’ instructions.
TANN v HERRINGTON
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 106
Partnerships — Partnership agreement — Dissolution — Final account — Partnership Act 1890 — Partner’s responsibilities — Duty and standard of care — Negligence — Culpability — Professional indemnity insurance — Notification — Failure to notify — Refusal of indemnity — Whether negligent partner personally liable for liability in damages to client.
DEAN & DEAN v ANGEL AIRLINES SA AND OTHERS
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 119
RSC Order 81 rule 1 — CPR 7 PD 5A — Whether partners co-defendants to an action or otherwise liable for costs orders — Res judicata — Abuse of process.
GEORGE AND ANOTHER v COUNTRYWIDE SURVEYORS LTD
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 141
Valuers — Duty of care — Valuers provide valuation report to lender whether duty owed to purchasers — Whether exclusion clause operative.
THATHALL v BAR STANDARDS BOARD
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 145
Barristers — Misconduct — Professional conduct — Disciplinary tribunals — Bar Standards Board — Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales — Sham pupillage — Diminishing public confidence — Bringing the legal profession into disrepute — Sanction — Reprimand — Disbarment — Mitigating factors.
LEVICOM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS BV AND ANOTHER v LINKLATERS
[2009] Lloyd's Rep PN 156
Solicitors — Negligence — Professional negligence — Legal advice — Causation — Loss — Nominal damages.