Avoiding negligence in property development transactions

There is a great deal of scope for solicitors’ negligence in property development transactions – as the cases show.  This webinar will focus on those areas where it is only too easy for costly mistakes to be made, including:

• Tax issues – consulting Counsel, excluding liability
• Responsibility for experienced clients
• The position of unrepresented third parties (such as ‘amateur’ sellers)
• Must past advice be kept under review?
• What should you do if the other side makes a mistake?
• Planning issues in conditional contracts and options
• Common problems with overage
• Issues with SIMs (Searches of the Index Map)
• Lessons from 3 cases decided in 2022, namely:
  • Mervyn Lambert Plant Ltd v Knights Solicitors
  • Aurium Real Estate London Ultra Prime Limited v Mishcon de Reya LLP
  • Spire Property Development LLP v Withers LLP