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United Kingdom professional negligenceduty of careloss of chance

Andrews v Messer Beg

[2019] EWHC 911 (Ch)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Chancery Division
Year2019
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

In a professional-negligence claim against solicitors for failing to advise on litigation funding (CFA/ATE arrangements), the claimant must prove on the balance of probabilities that, properly advised, it would have pursued the underlying claim, and the value of any lost claim is then assessed on a loss-of-a-chance basis.

Area of Law

General

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