Devon & Somerset Law Society's Professional Negligence Update with speakers from St John's Chambers

Date: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Time: 9.45 am - 1.00 pm / 3 hours CPD
Venue: Exeter Racecourse

St John's Chambers' Professional Negligence Team will be speaking at Devon & Somerset Law Society's Professional Negligence Update on Wednesday, 30th April at Exeter Racecourse from 9.45am until 1.00pm.

Topics include:

John Dickinson 
Limitation issues in professional negligence claims
John will cover limitation periods for the misconduct of litigation and limitation issues in lenders’ negligence claims.

David Fletcher
Professional negligence in construction contracts
This will be a discussion of the duties of care owed by architects, surveyors and engineers in administering building contracts, issues of ostensible authority which arise when they act for corporate clients, and negligent overvaluation.

Guy Adams
Causation, mitigation and solicitors who continue to act after being negligent
Guy will address recent developments in the law relating to the court’s approach to questions of causation and mitigation, and in particular as to how the burden of proof shifts. He will pay particular attention to a solicitor’s professional obligations, if he appreciates that he may have been negligent, and the practical problems that arise from continuing to act in such circumstances.

George Rowell
Negligent tax advice and disappointed beneficiaries: the extent of White v Jones Liability
The full implications of the House of Lords’ decision in 1995 have still not been worked through. Drawing upon recent case law, George Rowell will consider whether liability for professional negligence can exist in the following common situations: 1) A claim by a deceased person’s heirs arising from negligent tax-planning advice given to the deceased during his lifetime; 2) A claim by the beneficiaries of an inter vivos trust arising from negligence on the part of the advisors retained by the settlor to establish the trust.

For the speakers’ full profile, please visit www.stjohnschambers.co.uk

FEES:
Members:
£102.50+ VAT (£123.00 incl. VAT) for the first booking
£86.50 + VAT (£103.80 incl. VAT) for subsequent bookings
Non-members: £127.50+ VAT (£153.00 incl. VAT)
Trainees: £51.25 + VAT (£61.50 incl. VAT)

Please book your place through the Devon & Somerset Law Society by e-mailing Hetty Rizman - hetty@dasls.com.