Harcus Sinclair LLP and another v Your Lawyers Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Neutral Citation[2021] UKSC 32
Year2021
CourtSupreme Court

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  • Your Lawyers Ltd v Capital Interchange Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 23 February 2024
    ...was any issue estoppel as between YLL and CIL[2019] 4 WLR 81. There was then a further appeal to the Supreme Court which is reported at [2022] AC 1271 (“ the Supreme Court 4 As recorded in paragraph 31 of the HS Judgment, the pre-trial hearings and the trial all considered a large amount of......
  • Law by Design Ltd v Saira Ali
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 28 February 2022
    ...more recently (albeit in the context of covenants in an agreement between firms of solicitors), the Supreme Court in Harcus Sinclair LLP v Your Lawyers Ltd [2021] 3 WLR 598 noted at [84(iv)]: “…it is often difficult to prove what is and what is not confidential information and, in particula......
  • Ultimate Bridging Finance Ltd v 4 Fairweather Close Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 13 January 2025
    ...accordingly, not subject to the court's inherent jurisdiction to enforce a solicitor's undertaking: Harcus Sinclair v Your Lawyers Ltd [2021] UKSC 32, [2022] AC 21 The trust is alleged to arise from the undertakings provided by CPS in the Form TA13, including an undertaking to adopt (and ......
  • Olympic Council of Asia v Novans Jets LLP
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 10 February 2023
    ...the court over its officers of the court extends to LLPs providing the services of solicitors, the Supreme Court in Harcus Sinclair LLP v Your Lawyers Ltd [2021] UKSC 32, observed at [142]–[143]: “142. We recognise that there are powerful arguments both ways on this question, with different......
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  • Enforcement Of Solicitors' Undertaking
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 10 May 2023
    ...in contempt of court. However the effectiveness of this jurisdiction has been eroded after the judgment in Harcus Sinclair v Your Lawyers [2021] UKSC 32. The Supreme Court commented (obiter) that an undertaking given by an incorporated law firm (whether a limited company or LLP) cannot be e......
  • Property Newsletter: April 2023 (Video)
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 10 May 2023
    ...of Solicitor Undertakings, particularly considering the obiter comments made in the Supreme Court in Harcus Sinclair v Your Lawyers [2021] UKSC 32 that an undertaking given by an incorporated law firm cannot be enforced against a firm under the court's supervisory jurisdiction, which is pot......