Curgenven v Goncalvez [Petty Debts Ct]

• Jurisdiction: Jersey
• Court: Petty Debts Court (Jersey)
• Judge: Trott, Relief Judge
• Judgment Date: 16 February 1989
• Date: 16 February 1989

Petty Debts Ct.

Trott, Relief Judge

Curgenven v. Goncalvez

SOLICITORS—AUTHORITY—ostensible authority to compromise action

A solicitor whose name is on the record has ostensible authority in litigation to negotiate a binding compromise between the parties unless his client has limited his authority and this limitation has been communicated to the other party, provided that the compromise involves matters not extraneous to the dispute (Waugh v. H.B. Clifford & Sons Ltd., [1982] 1 All E.R. 1095, followed).