Hughes-Holland v BPE Solicitors

Additional names

Gabriel v Little
BPE Solicitors v Gabriel

Subject Matter

DAMAGES — Measure of damages — Negligent misstatement — Businessman agreeing to make loan to developer mistakenly believing loan for site development — Businessman engaging solicitors to draft documents for loan agreement with developer — Solicitors inadvertently misstating purpose of loan in documents — Developer using loan to purchase but not develop site — Businessman suffering losses on failure of transaction — Whether solicitors liable for losses

[2017] UKSC 21; [2018] AC 599; [2017] 2 WLR 1029; [2017] 3 All ER 969; [2017] WLR (D) 199; Case details, SC(E)

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