negligence

23

Jul

2021

Supreme Court Analyses the Scope of the Professional Duty of Care

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Written by Sydney Mitchell

Professionals obviously owe a duty of care to the clients they advise, but the scope of that duty has long been a subject of legal debate. In upholding a building society's professional negligence claim against an accountancy firm, however, the...

24

Nov

2020

Health and Safety is all about realism and context – High Court Guidance

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Written by Mike Sutton

Discerning whether an employer has breached its health and safety duties following a workplace accident is no mechanistic process and is all about realism and context. The High Court made that point in the case of an engineering technician who broke...

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