Conveyancing Procedure
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| 1 | Fiduciary duties An outline of the common law fiduciary duties, ways of modifying those duties (including the use of Chinese walls) and proposals for reform. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 2 | Professional negligence An outline of the law of professional negligence. This note considers: The requirements for claims in contract and tort. The application of the SAAMCO principle. The Bolam test. Contributory negligence. Contribution. The use by professionals of exclusion clauses to limit liability. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Property contracts: dealing with plant and machinery capital ... This practice note looks at the issues that need to be considered when drafting or negotiating a clause in a property sale contract dealing with plant and machinery capital allowances. It considers the new rules applicable from April 2012, which impose additional requirements before a buyer can claim plant and machinery capital allowances on property fixtures. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Saving defective notices This practice note explains the principle established in the House of Lords' case of Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] UKHL 19 and its subsequent application to defects in both contractual and statutory notices. | Practice notes | Maintained |