In solicitor negligence claims alleging lost opportunity to bring proceedings, the causation inquiry is not limited to whether the client knew about limitation periods. Where the pleaded case encompasses the solicitor's failure to investigate and advise on the merits of the underlying claim, the true causation question is whether the client would probably have accepted and acted upon informed professional advice that the claim had sound prospects. A client's uninformed preference or desire to bring proceedings is an inessential part of such a case; its rejection does not foreclose the broader causation claim.
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