Professional Negligence

(PART OF THE BUTTERWORTHS COMMON LAW SERIES)Now part of the Butterworths Common Law Series, the fourth edition of Dugdale & Stanton is extensively revised and updated to cover the fundamental changes in recent years to tort liability for professional negligence, this new edition takes full account of major recent House of Lords decisions, negligent acts and limitations of actions. Structured to provide busy practitioners with detailed, authoritative and reliable commentary and guidance on professional negligence law, the new edition also takes into account all the major developments since the last edition, such as the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, it also includes new case law and discusses possible future developments in this area.Areas of increasing importance that are covered in greater detail include fiduciary liabilities and potential liabilities of investment advisers. Also discussed in this edition are the changing approach of appellate courts to such questions as economic loss, negligent statements and defective property, and considers possible future developments.