Businesses and individuals are becoming more and more reliant on their professional advisors to guide them and represent their interests. Whether it relates to legal representatives, property professionals or specialists working in the insurance or finance industries – businesses and individuals rely on their professional advisors to undertake work with reasonable skill and care.
The reality is that sometimes professionals fail to supply services to the requisite standard and unfortunately the smallest mistakes can sometimes cause the most devastating losses. As a result, particularly in the current economic climate, the quality of the advice and representation provided by professionals is more important now than ever before.
If a professional owes an individual or business a duty of care and has breached that duty which, in turn, causes a financial loss then it is likely to give rise to a claim for professional negligence. Such claims are governed by the professional negligence protocol.
The defendant professional will usually have the benefit of professional indemnity insurance. That, in itself, is often an important consideration for clients as the paying party will usually be the professional indemnity insurer.
Kingsley Napley's dispute resolution lawyers acts for clients against professionals where bad advice has been given and where there is negligence, misrepresentation or fraud.
Kingsley Napley’s Dispute Resolution team is regularly instructed on a wide range of high value and complex professional negligence claims. Our success in these claims is built around a strong team of specialist lawyers who understand what is required to achieve clients the best possible result in settlement or at trial. Our strategy of knowing when to litigate and when to negotiate is crucial to our success, as is our attention to detail in rooting out each breach of duty and fully investigating every potential loss suffered.
As a result of our success in this field, Kingsley Napley’s team of dispute resolution solicitors receives many referrals, including recent and current cases against members of the following professions:
- Architects
- Surveyors
- Engineering Professionals
- Construction Professionals
- Accountants
- Actuaries
- Independent Financial Advisors
- Insurance Brokers
- Property Agents
- Solicitors
- Barristers
For more information please contact Gerard Cukier
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