Hearings
England & Wales
23 May 1997 [1997] 1 WLR 1181; [1997] 3 All ER 498, Ch D
24 Feb 1998 [1998] Ch 482; [1998] 2 WLR 915; [1998] 3 All ER 143, CA
Nationwide Building Society v Lewis
Subject Matter
PARTNERSHIP — Liability of employee — Holding out — Employee held out as partner — Advice ostensibly prepared by firm relied on by client causing loss — Employee not personally responsible for advice given — Whether estopped from denying responsibility for advice — Whether presumption in favour of reliance — Whether evidence of reliance — Whether jointly and severally liable for loss
Appellate History
Nationwide Building Society v Lewis [1997] 1 WLR 1181; [1997] 3 All ER 498, Ch D
Decision of Rimer J reversed
Nationwide Building Society v Lewis [1998] Ch 482; [1998] 2 WLR 915; [1998] 3 All ER 143, CA