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Sciortino v Beaumont

Hearings

England & Wales

07 Feb 2020 [2020] EWHC 189 (Ch), Ch D (Judge Jarman QC sitting as a High Court judge)

25 May 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 786; [2021] Ch 365; [2021] 3 WLR 343; [2021] WLR(D) 317; The Times, 17 June 2021, CA (Newey, Coulson, Stuart-Smith LJJ)

27 May 2022 (appn dis) [2022] 1 WLR 3896, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Leggatt, Lord Stephens JJSC)

Subject Matter

LIMITATION OF ACTION — Negligence — Accrual of cause of action

[2020] EWHC 189 (Ch), Ch D

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

[2021] EWCA Civ 786; [2021] Ch 365; [2021] 3 WLR 343; [2021] WLR(D) 317; The Times, 17 June 2021, CA

BARRISTER — Negligence — Summary judgment — Client’s claim in negligence against barrister — Whether suitable for disposal by way of summary judgment

[2021] EWCA Civ 786; [2021] Ch 365; [2021] 3 WLR 343; [2021] WLR(D) 317; The Times, 17 June 2021, CA

Appellate History

Sciortino v Beaumont [2020] EWHC 189 (Ch), Ch D

Decision of Judge Jarman QC sitting as a judge of the Chancery Division reversed

Sciortino v Beaumont [2021] EWCA Civ 786; [2021] Ch 365; [2021] 3 WLR 343; [2021] WLR(D) 317; The Times, 17 June 2021, CA

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Test for Entering Summary Judgment - Negligence claims, previous convictions and disciplinary findings 34.19

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