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WATCH: Breach of fiduciary duty claims against professionals – why are they so rarely pleaded?

Monday 7 June 2021
11am - 12pm
Online, Zoom
1.0 CPD

This is the first of two webinars delivered in the form of a panel discussion and looking at the area of breach of fiduciary duty claims against professionals. Further details can be found here.

Panellists: Lexa Hilliard QC, Clare Stanley QC, James Walmsley and Caspar Bartscherer

  • Have claimants become too nervous to plead breach of fiduciary duty following Mothew?
  • What do claimants need to establish at trial to succeed?
  • Tips for defendants facing breach of fiduciary duty claims.
  • Concerns about pleading fraud: when breach of fiduciary duty is and isn’t dishonesty.

If you have any questions, please email seminars@wilberforce.co.uk


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