Company director – Breach of duty – Solicitor — Dishonest assistance – Defendant firm of solicitors instructed by claimant company to act in relation to series of property transactions – Claimant bringing proceedings against defendant in respect of funds passing through defendant’s client account – Whether defendant through partner in firm dishonestly assisted breaches of fiduciary duty by claimant’s former directors – Claim allowed
The claimant was a company in liquidation, acting by its joint liquidators. It was established to convert a former hotel building in Bristol into student accommodation with funds obtained from investors. It went into liquidation, without taking any steps to acquire or convert the building,…