Palmer v Durnford Ford (A Firm)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date31 October 1991
Date31 October 1991
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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  • M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • June 29, 1995
    ...to ordinary civil proceedings but nothing I have said casts any doubt on the decision of Mr. Simon Tuckey Q.C. (as he then was) in Palmer v. Durnford Ford [1992] Q.B. 95In the present case, the psychiatrist was instructed to carry out the examination of the child for the specific purpose o......
  • M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • June 29, 1995
    ...to ordinary civil proceedings but nothing I have said casts any doubt on the decision of Mr. Simon Tuckey Q.C. (as he then was) in Palmer v. Durnford Ford [1992] Q.B. 95In the present case, the psychiatrist was instructed to carry out the examination of the child for the specific purpose o......
  • Jones v Kaney
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • March 30, 2011
    ...was invoked against a claim for breach of a duty of care brought against a professional expert witness by his client before Palmer v Durnford Ford [1992] QB 483. In that case the plaintiffs had pursued a disastrous claim against both the supplier and a repairer of a lorry tractor unit. They......
  • Walpole v Partridge & Wilson (A Firm)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • July 1, 1993
    ...solicitors' negligence: Somasundaram v. Melchior and Sinanan v. Innes Pitassi & Co CAT 125/91. These cases were followed in Palmer v Durnford [1992] QB 483, by Mr Simon Tuckey QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge. 26 As to the hardship caused to the intending plaintiff by the applica......
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  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • April 13, 2020
    ...(interim or permanent), 607 rectiication of the terms of a contract 608 and speciic performance. 609 601 Palmer v Durnford Ford [1992] QB 483 at 488–489; X (Minors) v Bedfordshire CC [1995] 2 AC 633; Stanton v Callaghan [2000] 1 QB 75; Raiss v Palmano (2000) 18 Const LJ 348. 602 Stanton v C......