Jackson v Thompsons Solicitors (A Firm) & Ors
Decision date: 6 February 2015
Neutral citation: Neutral citation not available
Court: Court not available
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
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This case concerns an assignee claimant suing various defendants in relation to the failure of a Group Litigation Order (GLO) and alleged interference with ATE insurance and other wrongdoing said to have caused the collapse of the solicitors' firm GWM. The material issues included alleged unlawful interference with ATE cover, alleged bias or contact influencing the judge, and claimed consequential losses (both specific heads of loss and loss of a trading opportunity). The judge found many heads of loss irrecoverable or grossly exaggerated, made a limited assessment of loss of opportunity, and dismissed the claimant's claim.
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