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Duty of care

Steel and another v NRAM Ltd (formerly NRAM plc)

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  • Supreme Court
  • 28 February 2018
  • Lady Hale, P, Lord Wilson, Lord Reed, Lord Hodge and Lady Black
  • [2018] UKSC 13
  • [2018] EGLR 20

Solicitor – Duty of care – Careless misrepresentation – Respondent bank seeking damages for loss arising from reliance on statements by appellant solicitor in email concerning property transaction – Respondent allegedly misled into discharging security over all properties owned

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