| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2008] All ER (D) 176 (Dec) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2008] EWHC 3017 (QB) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judge: | Hamblen J |
| Representation | Jeremy Stuart-Smith QC and Clive Wolman (instructed by Freeth Cartwright LLP) for the claimants. |
| Bernard Livesey QC (instructed by Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) for the defendants. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 17 December 2008 |
Catchwords
Practice - Claim - Claim form - Claimants claiming damages against solicitors for negligent advice - Defendants seeking to strike out claims - Claimants seeking permission to advance claim in restitution as alternative to damages claims - Appropriate orders to be made.
The Case
Practice Claim. Queen's Bench Division: The defendants' application to strike out the claimants' damages claims, for, inter alia, the former parties' negligent advice in connection with three separate defamation actions involving the press, was rejected, and the claimants' application to add a claim in restitution, in the alternative, was allowed.
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