Professional Negligence
Our experienced Professional Negligence lawyers deal with a broad range of negligence claims against solicitors, accountants, surveyors and other professionals.

- Conveyancing
- Debt & Insolvency
- Employment
- Family Law
- Medical Negligence
- Personal Accident & Injury
- Personal Disputes
- Professional Negligence
- Sports Law
- Wills, Trusts & Probate
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If you have been let down by a professional advisor, such as a solicitor, accountant or surveyor, our professional negligence lawyers can help you to claim compensation.
If you have lost money or suffered financial harm because of the actions or bad advice of a professional advisor, you may be able to claim damages for professional negligence.
Our Services
Our professional negligence solicitors are experts in their field and advise you on:
Lawyer negligence
- Solicitors
- Barristers
- Conveyancers/will writers
- Under-settled claims
Financial negligence
- Accountants
- Financial advisors/IFAs
- Insurance brokers
Property negligence
- Surveyors/valuers
- Architects
- Structural engineers
Other professionals
- Local authorities
- Veterinary surgeons/vets
Our Professional Negligence Solicitors
Our professional negligence solicitors are experienced dispute resolution lawyers and members of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association (PNLA).
Our partner-led team has a proven track record of success and will always give you clear and straightforward advice. Our aim is to settle your claim as soon as possible and we are experts in mediation all other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Most claims are settled without the need for court proceedings but, where this is not possible, our professional negligence solicitors are experienced and formidable litigators.
Funding for Professional Negligence claims
In appropriate cases we will share the risk with you through flexible and innovative funding arrangements, including:
- Conditional fee agreements (CFAs) (also known as “no win, no fee” agreements)
- Discounted CFAs (also known as “no win, low fee” agreements)
- Fixed and capped fees
- Competitive hourly rate charges
- Legal expenses (“after-the-event” or “ATE”) insurance to cover the risk of having to pay costs to the other side (and your own expenses) if your claim is unsuccessful
- Disbursement funding for expenses such as court fees and expert’s fees
If a claim is suitable for funding by a full CFA with ATE legal expenses insurance and a disbursement funding loan, it will involve no up-front costs to you and you will have nothing to pay if the claim is unsuccessful.
We will talk to you about these options for funding your case but you can find further details here.
Examples of recent claims
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A six-figure claim for damages against a prominent firm of personal injury and medical negligence solicitors in relation to an under-settled clinical negligence claim. The client was wrongly advised to settle his claim for negligent medical treatment on a split-liability basis with the result that the damages he recovered were reduced by 70%. The claim was settled.
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Claims against a law firm for clients who between them faced seven-figure liabilities for costs as a result of the law firm’s failure to ensure that adequate “after-the-event” (ATE) legal expenses insurance cover was obtained in relation to industrial disease test cases. The claims were recently settled.
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A large six-figure claim against a firm of accountants for negligently advising a client to invest large sums of money into an off-shore Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) as a tax avoidance scheme.
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A claim against conveyancing solicitors for failing to properly advise on the purchase of numerous residential properties. The firm failed to take proper instructions from or to advise the client in relation to the substantial liabilities she incurred in relation to what turned out to be a complex mortgage fraud.
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A substantial claim against a Local Authority on behalf of a minor siblings for harm, including psychological injury, relating to the failure of their Social Services to adequately protect them by taking care proceedings sooner.
- A claim against solicitors who badly advised a client on a co-ownership of property dispute with his former partner, resulting in the client incurring a six-figure liability for costs. The claim was settled by the law firm.

