Conveyancing solicitors negligence failed to properly draft a lease

A landlord instructed solicitors to prepare lease of own of his premises to some restaurateurs. The restaurateurs failed to pay the rent and, when the landlord tried to evict them, he found that his solicitors had not included provision in the lease to do so. Acting under a ‘no win, no fee’ agreement with after the event insurance, with a barrister acting under a ‘no win, no fee’ agreement and with another local firm of solicitors, Bell Lax went to the High Court and recovered the rent the restaurateurs failed to pay from the solicitors and ensured that the landlord had a property drafted lease. Bell Lax recovered the costs of redrafting the lease from the negligent solicitors.