LIABILITY UNDER SOLICITOR’S RETAINER COULD NOT BE ASSIGNED: DEFENDANT OBTAINS SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE ACTION

In Burleigh House (PTC) Ltd v Irwin Mitchell LLP [2021] EWHC 834 (QB) Deputy Master Hill QC allowed a defendant's application for summary judgment. The defendant solicitor's terms and conditions contained a prohibition against the assignment. The current claimant was an assignee and had no right to ...

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