“…In Bell v Peter Browne & Co [1990] 3 WLR 510; [1990] 2 QB 495, the defendant solicitors had failed in September 1978 to protect the plaintiff’s one-sixth share in the proceeds of the sale of the matrimonial home, which he…”
“…“Thus cases like Bell v Peter Browne & Co [1990] 2 QB 495 and Knapp v Ecclesiastical Insurance Group plc [1998] PNLR 172 are readily explicable as cases in which the damage was the difference between the plaintiff’s p…”
“…s a case in which the problem which had emerged was capable of remedy. Issues as to the significance of remediability also featured in Bell v Peter Browne & Co [1990] 2 QB 495 (“Bell”) and Knapp v Ecclesiastical Insurance Group plc [1998] PNLR 172 (“Knapp”). In Bell, the plaintiff agreed with his wife following the breakdown of their…”
“…d: see LA 1980 s. 2. Both sides accepted before the judge that the situation in this case was governed by the decision of this Court in Bell vPeter Browne & Co [1990] 2 QB 495 which also concerned a failure by solicitors to register a caution in order to protect the claimant’s interests under a property settlement on a divorce. There…”