Blower (claimant/appellant) v GH Canfield LLP (defendant/respondent)
Tuesday 2 December 2025
By Appellant’s Notice filed on 4 December 2024, the Claimant below appeals the Order of HHJ Paul Matthews dated 14 November 2024 in which he dismissed her claim against the Defendant solicitors and awarded costs.
The Claimant brought a professional negligence claim against the Defendant in relation to services provided in the mediation in 2015 of proceedings brought or threatened to be brought by the trustee in bankruptcy of the Claimant’s husband. The trustee’s claims against the claimant and her daughter concerned alleged transactions at an undervalue. At the conclusion of the mediation, a settlement agreement was entered into between the trustee, the Claimant, her husband and their two daughters. The Claimant alleged that the Defendant was negligent in the conduct of its retainer, in particular with regard to entering into the settlement, and caused her and one of her daughters loss. She alleged that, if they had been properly advised, they would never have agreed to the settlement agreement signed on their behalf.
View hearing: