PROVING THINGS 275: IF YOU CAN’T PROVE YOU SUFFERED A LOSS THEN YOU HAVE NO CLAIM: ACTION AGAINST SOLICITORS DISMISSED: THE PARABLE OF THE MOUNTAINEER’S KNEE

Here we have an interesting case about the alleged professional negligence of solicitors.  The case did not get very far, being struck out at first instance and with that decision upheld by the Court of  Appeal. Put simply the claimants had suffered no loss of a type that could be recovered against ...