Second tort does not absolve original tortfeasor

Vision Golf Ltd v Weightmans (a firm) ChD TLR 1 September

The defendant solicitors accepted that they had acted in breach of duty in failing to apply for relief from forfeiture by the end of June 2000, and that had the application been made at that time it would have been successful. However they contended that their breach of duty caused the claimant no loss since, had an application for relief been issued by a second firm of solicitors instructed by the claimant in the winter of 2000/2001, it too would have been successful.