Index card Holt v Holley & Steer Solicitors

Holt v Holley & Steer Solicitors

Hearings

England & Wales

07 Jul 2020 [2020] EWCA Civ 851; [2020] 1 WLR 4638; [2021] 1 FLR 246; [2020] WLR (D) 414, CA (McCombe, King LJJ, Keehan J)

13 Jul 2021 (appn dis) [2021] 1 WLR 4650, SC(E) (Lord Briggs, Lord Kitchin, Lord Burrows JJSC)

Subject Matter

LIMITATION OF ACTION — Negligence — Accrual of cause of action — Solicitors instructed by wife to act in financial remedy proceedings failing to obtain expert evidence as to value of matrimonial assets — Wife bringing claim in negligence against solicitors more than six years after final hearing but less than six years after making of financial remedy order — Whether claim time-barred — When wife’s cause of action accruing — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 2

[2020] EWCA Civ 851; [2020] 1 WLR 4638; [2021] 1 FLR 246; [2020] WLR (D) 414, CA

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Tort - Professional negligence 10.9

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