Thirty years on from the landmark decision in Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons, Sir Rupert Jackson, Roger Stewart KC, and Hugh Evans reflect on its lasting impact on professional negligence law and the application of its principles in modern litigation.

They discuss the development of the loss of a chance doctrine, its use across different legal contexts, and the ongoing challenges it presents. With insights into recent case law and continuing debates around causation and quantification, this episode offers thoughtful analysis to mark a significant anniversary.

Read the full judgment here: Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons

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This episode offers an informed perspective on how the CAT is handling these issues and what practitioners can expect as more cases proceed to settlement and distribution.

In this episode of our costs and litigation funding mini-series, Roger Mallalieu KC, Hugh Evans, and Ben Smiley examine security for costs.

They discuss the fundamental principles and offer top tips for successfully making a security for costs application. The episode also explores the use of after the event insurance (ATE Insurance) and Anti-Avoidance Endorsements (AAE) as forms of security for costs.

In the second episode of our costs and litigation funding mini-series, 4 New Square Chambers’ Benjamin Williams KC and Theo Barclay discuss the complexities of costs in group litigation.

They discuss the distinction between individual and common costs, examining the mechanisms designed to simplify the allocation of common costs and offering insights into how these systems can be effectively utilised.

Furthermore, they delve into the role of cost budgeting, evaluating its effectiveness in controlling and forecasting costs in complex legal proceedings, and highlight the challenges posed by the detailed assessment of costs in large-scale group litigation.

Join 4 New Square Chambers’ Robert Marven KC, Pippa Manby, and Theo Barclay as they launch our mini-series on costs and litigation funding.

In this opening episode, the team delves into the repercussions of the Supreme Court’s unexpected ruling in Paccar, which sent shockwaves through the industry. They recount a tumultuous year marked by this landmark decision, which many feared could spell the end of litigation funding as we know it.

In this podcast episode, 4 New Square Chambers Barristers Clare Dixon KC and Ben Smiley explore the SRA’s guidance on SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation), the implications for litigation conduct and the challenges it presents to solicitors, COLPs and GCs.

With the publication on 31 May 2024 of the SRA’s updated Warning Notice on SLAPPs, this podcast couldn’t have come at a better time.

In this latest episode of our back to basics Conversations in Professional Liability series, Helen Evans KC, Marie-Claire O’Kane and Will Cook explain all you need to know about audit, discuss key judgments and legal developments and consider what might lie ahead in auditor’s negligence.

In this latest episode of our back to basics Conversations in Professional Liability series, barristers Amanda Savage KC, Paul Parker and Ben Smiley discuss all you need to know about applications for wasted costs; what they are, how you go about making them and what hurdles there might be.

In this latest episode of our Conversations in Professional Liability series, barristers Hugh Evans, Stephen Innes and Matt Waszak look at some of the key points and topics related to costs from the perspective of a professional liability practitioner including pre-action costs, part 36, assessment of costs and the civil justice council costs review.