Solicitors negligence in law of torts
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Solicitor's can be held liable for negligence in several ways: 1) A solicitor has a duty to observe court rules and procedures with reasonable care, and may be liable if a client's claim is barred due to the solicitor's negligence, like missing a legal deadline. 2) Solicitors are also liable for the negligence of their employees or partners. 3) Under certain conditions, solicitors can owe a duty of care to third parties affected by their work, not just their direct clients. If a third party suffers financial losses due to a solicitor's negligence, they may be able to sue.
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![Liability towards Third Party Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd and Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, a solicitor who is instructed by a client to carry out a transaction that will confer a benefit on an unidentified third party owes a duty of care towards the third party in carrying out that transaction, in that the third party is a person within his direct contemplation as someone who is likely to be so closely and directly affected by his acts or omissions that he can reasonably foresee that the third party is likely to be injured by those acts or omissions.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/solicitorsnegligenceinlawoftorts-110718023748-phpapp02/85/Solicitors-negligence-in-law-of-torts-5-320.jpg)
![Ross v. Caunters [1970] 3 AER 580, holds that lawyers can owe a duty of care both to their clients and to third parties who suffer loss or damage. In that case, the solicitors failed to prevent a beneficiary from attesting the will. They admitted negligence but denied that they were liable to the claimant, contending (i) that a solicitor was liable only to his client and then only in contract and not in tort and could not, therefore, be liable in tort to a third party, (ii) that for reasons of policy, a solicitor ought not to be liable in negligence to anyone except his client, and (iii) that in any event, the Plaintiff had no cause of action in negligence because the damage suffered was purely financial.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/solicitorsnegligenceinlawoftorts-110718023748-phpapp02/85/Solicitors-negligence-in-law-of-torts-6-320.jpg)
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- 3. Position In England In England there is a distinction between a barrister and other professionals. A barrister cannot be sued by a client for breach of duty because his services are deemed to be gratuitous. But a solicitor is liable for the consequences of ignorance or non observance of the rules of practice of the court for the want care in the preparation of the cause of the trial.
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