An end to 1980s property recession claims?

Richard Powell, a solicitor with national law firm Beachcroft Wansbroughs, looks at the phenomenon of continuing claims against professionals.

Richard Powell is an insurance lawyer with particular experience of defending negligence claims against professionals.

Introduction

A few years ago it seemed that claims against professionals from the last property recession in the late 1980s would die a natural death, given the inevitable expiry of the six-year limitation period.