The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[2021] Ch 365
Court of Appeal
Sciortino
v
Beaumont
[2021] EWCA Civ 786
2021 May 5; 25
Newey, Coulson, Stuart-Smith LJJ
Limitation of action— Negligence— Accrual of cause of action— Barrister advising on two separate occasions about same or similar issues— Client bringing claim in negligence against barrister more than six years after first advice but less than six years after second advice— Whether claim time-barred—
Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 2
Barrister— Negligence— Summary judgment— Client’s claim in negligence against barrister— Whether suitable for disposal by way of summary judgment