County Personnel (Employment Agency) Ltd v Alan R Pulver & Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year1986
Date1986

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142 cases
  • Downs v Chappell
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • April 3, 1996
    ...set off against the 1st defendant's liability of this court. 78 Downs v Chappell and Stephenson Smart 79 80 CHAPPELL DOWNSCounty Personnel v Pulver [1987] 1 WLR 916 and Staughton LJ in Hayes v Dodd [1990] 2 AER 815. He considered the argument of counsel for the Plaintiffs that the Plaintiff......
  • Dickson v A and W M Urquhart
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session (Outer House)
    • Invalid date
  • Stoll and Others v Wacks Caller (A Firm)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • September 21, 2009
    ...right as a matter of law. 14 In his leading judgment in the case of County Personnel (Employment Agency) Ltd v Alan R Pulver & Co [1987] 1 WLR 916 at 922E Bingham LJ said that: “If in the exercise of a reasonable professional judgment a solicitor is or should be alerted to risks which m......
  • Inventors Friend Ltd v Leathes Prior (A Firm)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • March 25, 2011
    ...risks which may elude the intelligent businessperson and must act on that knowledge: County Personnel (Employment Agency) Ltd v Pulver [1987] 1 WLR 916, 922D, per Bingham LJ. The fact is that there was a breach of duty in this regard in the incorporation of the sub-agreement as clause 5.3 o......
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  • Lost Opportunity In The Downturn
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • October 30, 2012
    ...Mr Mallon's primary argument and assessed the loss in autumn 2008. He referred to the principles summarised in County Personnel v Pulver [1987] 1 WLR 916 including the overriding rule that the measure of damages is the sum of money which will put the injured party in the same position as he......