Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability, 7th Edition (1st Supplement only)

Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability provides comprehensive coverage of the general law around professional liability - the duties, remedies, defences, litigation, human rights issues.

This 1st Supplement to the 7th edition brings the edition up to date with the latest legislation and case law.

The 1st Supplement includes the following cases:

• Lloyds TSB Bank PLC v Markandan & Uddin (A Firm) [2012] EWCA Civ 65; [2012] P.N.L.R. 20 (trusts claim by lenders)
• Padden v Bevan Ashford (A firm) [2011] EWCA Civ 1616; [2012] 1 WLR 1759 (Solicitors duties to wife on remortgage)
• Ampleforth Abbey Trust v Turner & Townsend Project Management Ltd [2012] EWHC 2137 (TCC) (on the professional liability of construction project managers, the role of expert evidence and the consequences of relying on letters of intent instead of organising the execution of a formal building contract) 
• ACD (Landscape Architects) Ltd v Overall [2012] EWHC 100 (TCC) (on how the scope of an architect's duty to apply for planning permission limits recoverable damages)
• Rubenstein v HSBC Bank Plc [2012] EWCA Civ 1184 (addressing the circumstances in which a financial advisor may be liable for losses arising from market turmoil, and how the test of foreseeability should be applied in this context)

The 7th edition:

• Offers comprehensive coverage of the law of professional liability
• Discusses the difference between contractual liability and tortuous liability
• Provides essential reference point as it aids practitioner’s in establishing whether a duty of care exists , whether it has been breached, the cause and remedies available
• Considers the duties, obligations and standard of skill of professionals to help establish if a duty of care has been breached
• Explains the nature of fiduciary duties including unauthorised profits and undue influence
• Investigates the nature and scope of Professional Indemnity Insurance
• Provides quick access expert guidance on available defences including equitable defences
• Analyses the impact of Human Rights on Professionals
• Covers the different liabilities and standard of skills for professionals operating in a variety of industry sectors
• Separate chapters on individual professions – providing commentary from the start of an action through to adjudication and damages
• Covers the following professions:
  - Construction Professionals
  - Surveyors
  - Solicitors
  - Barristers
  - Financial Practitioners
  - Insurance Brokers
  - Accountants
  - Auditors
  - Actuaries
  - Information Technology Professionals
  - Patent and Trademark Attorneys