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Mackenzie v Rosenblatt

[2023] EWHC 331 (Ch)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Chancery Division
Year2023
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A solicitors' negligence claim fails where, notwithstanding established breaches of duty in advising on an abandoned unlawful-means-conspiracy claim, the claimant cannot prove on the balance of probabilities that any breach caused his loss because he would have pursued the underlying claim in any event.

Area of Law

General

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