This means that the Law Society can allege dishonesty or
fraud against a solicitor in a fi rst r 5 statement, require the solicitor to instruct me to spend 50 hours in conferences preparing a response to the dishonesty allegation and then withdraw the allegation later without any costs sanction whatsoever.
Not exact matches
Polly's experience includes advising a number of national firms of surveyors in relation to commercial and residential over-valuations and
fraud (including development sites, industrial warehouses, hotels, property portfolios and agricultural land and residential property), advising D&O insurers on a large criminal claim
against the directors of a high profile international company in India, and advising London market insurers on coverage in relation to a number of related claims involving fraudulent
solicitors.
There are three features which are worryingly recurrent: (1) the propensity to allege
fraud and dishonesty
against solicitors without proper analysis of the facts or proper supporting evidence capable of satisfying the high (criminal) standard of proof, (2) the overloading of the document and / or (3) lack of specificity.
Fiona is experienced in handling claims on Primary and Excess layer policies and as Lead or Follow insurer
against a range of professions including
Solicitors, Architects, Surveyors, Accountants and IFAs in respect of allegations of negligence and / or
fraud.
Next he commenced a second action
against his second
solicitor, on the same basis as the earlier suit, except that «
fraud» was substituted for «negligence.»
(As a
solicitor) Acted for Rabobank Nederland in its $ 200 million claim
against NatWest Bank plc for
fraud, misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty in the Commercial Court, culminating in a 53 - day Commercial Court trial.
Team head Andrew Beck has strengths in multijurisdictional mortgage
fraud cases, town and village green inquiries, asset recovery disputes and high - value professional negligence claims
against solicitors and surveyors.
Professional indemnity insurance coverage issues in relation to a claim
against solicitors in relation to a # 40 million mortgage
fraud.
According to a statement by Hailsham Chambers, whose Michael Pooles QC and Imran Benson acted for the respondent firm of
solicitors, the ruling «draws residential conveyancing
solicitors closer than ever before into the position of effectively guaranteeing their clients
against the possibility of
fraud by third parties.
Warning cards
against fraud will be issued to
solicitors by the Solicitors Regulation Author
solicitors by the
Solicitors Regulation Author
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
Claims were made
against Karim
Solicitors by former clients for the return of misappropriated money; the ARP sought a declaration that it was not obliged to indemnify Karim
Solicitors on the basis that these claims arose out of dishonesty and / or
fraud committed or condoned by all three of the Karims.
Their
solicitors, while stating that they were not alleging
fraud, ie undue influence,
against Lady Caroline, claimed that she had a «very forceful personality» and had convinced herself that it was Richard's wish to make a final bequest to her in a situation where he could not have properly understood the implications.
Mass consumer claims for professional negligence
against a
solicitor in relation to Italian developments the subject of international
fraud between the IRA and the Calabrian mafia