Litigation solicitors negligence defended an indefensible claim

A local business purchased some new premises. However, their solicitors failed to notice that the premises did not enjoy a right of way over neighbouring large enough to deliver goods by vehicle. To try to cover up their negligence, the solicitors allowed the business to become involved in court proceedings with its neighbours, which it lost. Bell Lax successfully recovered the business’s costs of the litigation, including the costs it had paid to its neighbour’s lawyers, and compensation for the business having to carry deliveries of goods by hand.