Read the full judgment text of HCCT000009/1990 on BabelCite. This HIGH COURT judgment was delivered on 21 January 1991 before Kaplan, J..
Procedure — Particulars of Claim — Negligence — Solicitors' duty — Construction contract dispute — Government contract for hospital construction — Arbitration unsuccessful from Plaintiffs' perspective — Plaintiffs claim solicitors negligent for failing to analyze and advise properly on their claim leading to excessive and suspect claim — Defendants seek further and better particulars of negligence allegations — Court holds Plaintiffs provided adequate particulars, further details such as quantification unnecessary and relate more to causation — Plaintiffs’ pleaded case on negligence sufficient to inform Defendants — Application for additional particulars refused — Costs order nisi proposed in favour of Plaintiffs.
Legal issues: Adequacy of Particulars of Negligence
Outcome: The court refused the Defendants' application for further and better particulars and proposed a costs order nisi in favour of the Plaintiffs.