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There were three appeals before the House from orders of the Court of Appeal in a building case and two cases involving family proceedings.
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Introduction: There were three appeals before the House from orders of the Court of Appeal in a building case and two cases involving family proceedings. Facts of the Case: Client raised claims in negligence against firms of solicitors. In response the solicitors relied on the immunity of advocates from suit in negligence. In all three cases judges at first ruled that the claims against the solicitors were unsustainable. However, the Court of Appeal ruled in all three cases that the claims were wrongly struck out. Thus resulting in the solicitors appeal to the House of Lords. The case that we are dealing with is Hall v Simmons1. The case involved a claim by a Staffordshire builder (Mr. Simons) that his solicitors had allowed him to become involved in lengthy and expensive litigation rather than advising him to settle at an early stage of the proceedings. * Duty of Care & Professional liability: Established Principle: In Hedley...
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