30/06/25

Vanquis Bank Limited v TMS Legal Limited [2025] EWHC 1599 (KB)

When does a solicitor’s business model become an economic tort?  When might financial institutions have a remedy against solicitors (allegedly) bringing indiscriminate consumer claims without any due diligence?  Simon Wilton KC and Simon Howarth KC analyse the decision in Vanquis Bank v TMS Legal Limited [2025] EWHC 1599 (KB) in which the bank fought back and argued the solicitors had committed the economic tort of causing loss by unlawful means.

22/05/25

URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21

The Supreme Court decision may disappoint some for the conclusion that it was not necessary to decide whether Pirelli General Cable Works Ltd v Oscar Faber & Partners [1983] 2 AC 1 should be overturned, but will surely be followed by intense concentration in professional liability cases on questions of causation and mitigation.

09/05/25

Bratt v Jones [2025] EWCA Civ 562

Q: “What does a claimant have to prove to show that a valuer was negligent?”

A: “Exactly what you always thought had to be proven. But maybe that’s wrong.”

Nicholas Pilsbury considers the Court of Appeal’s judgment in this interesting case, which suggests that the law in this area may soon change.

06/05/25

Limitation: When does time start to run?

Dan Stacey, Clare Elliott and Christopher Cooke have written a long note about limitation – and in particular “when does time start to run”.