Peter Dodge

I have been very kindly been invited by The Legal Training Consultancy to speak at this online conference next Wednesday (29th March) on high value property transactions from a bank's point of view. Click here for further details of the conference and to book or here for my profile and contact details.

Peter (instructed by Philip Evans and Freddie Beard of Clyde & Co) appeared for the First Defendant in Owadally v Planology Ltd [2023] EWHC 339 (KB), a High Court appeal against a refusal to grant reverse summary judgment. The significance of Owadally lies in the cautionary guidance which it provides to any professional defendant considering a …

Continue reading "The illegality defence: Thames Trains, Henderson and strict liability offences"

Jeremy Cousins KC and Peter (instructed by Mills & Reeve) appeared in the Court of Appeal for Rees Page, the Seventh Defendant in Ashraf v Lester Dominic Solicitors [2023] EWCA Civ 4, CA (having previously both appeared for Mishcon de Reya in Dreamvar). UH exchanged contracts for the sale of his house to A. Unusually, the same …

Continue reading "Identity fraud: can a solicitor owe a duty of care to a non-client?"

"Mortgages in 2021", a LexisNexis® Webinar, was broadcast on 31st August 2021 but is still available on demand (with much of the material covered remaining current). In the webinar, Peter discusses: the judgment of the Supreme Court in the professional negligence case of Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2022] AC 783, a decision …

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This LexisNexis webinar will be broadcast on Thursday, 27th February 2020 at 12.30 p.m. (GMT) and available on demand for 24 months thereafter. Jeremy Cousins Q.C. of Radcliffe Chambers will begin with a brief reminder of what was decided by Dreamvar. Peter will review the consequential revisions to the Code for Completion by Post and …

Continue reading "Dealing with Dreamvar one year on (2020)"

How should judges assess the return which would have been produced by a hypothetical alternative investment? This was one of the issues in the Court of Appeal case of Watson v Kea Investments, which concluded in October 2019. The question can arise in various contexts. Where bad advice has caused a client to invest in X …

Continue reading "Interest rates payable by defaulting trustees: Watson v Kea Investments Ltd"

This LexisNexis webinar (chaired by Professor Dominic Regan of City, University of London) will be broadcast on Wednesday, 18th December 2019 at 12.30 p.m. (GMT) and available on demand for 24 months thereafter. Harriet Campbell of Stephenson Harwood will discuss the key cases in 2019 on service of proceedings. Peter will speak about financial claims, …

Continue reading "Dispute Resolution – End of year round-up 2019"

This LexisNexis webinar will be broadcast on Monday, 9th December 2019 at 12.30 p.m. (GMT) and available on demand for 24 months thereafter. Tricia Hemans of Falcon Chambers will discuss: the application of relief from forfeiture principles to licences (Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd v Vauxhall Motors Ltd) the powers and limitations of mortgage receivers …

Continue reading "Residential Property Law – End of year round-up 2019"

This was a short case study exploring the regulatory and legal position of a Jersey based investment fund in trouble. It was devised by Peter, Thomas Fletcher of Maitland Chambers and Mark Hubbard of New Square Chambers for one of the sessions of the Chancery Bar Association Jersey Conference at the Pomme d'Or Hotel, St …

Continue reading "The Wobling Fund: A crypto case study"

At the Guildhall this morning, the Lord Chief Justice, the Advocate General, the Chancellor and others launched the "Legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts" (“the Legal Statement”) on behalf of the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (“UKJT”). The UKJT is one of six taskforces set up by the LawTech Delivery Panel, a body established by the …

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