Professional Negligence

Expert professional negligence solicitors London

If you have employed an expert to represent or advise you and their service did not meet the standard of care and skill expected, you may be able to make a claim if you suffered a loss as a result.

The advice could be from any type of professional including accountants, surveyors, solicitors, financial advisers, insurance brokers and architects. Professionals should provide advice of a standard that is expected of a competent individual in their field. Examples of professional negligence include making errors, missing deadlines, giving incorrect advice, being negligent as to details and allowing excessive delays.

At Lawrence Stephens, we represent clients in bringing claims for loss sustained because of negligent advice and actions. We work across a full range of sectors and have a strong track record of achieving the desired outcome for our clients.

We always aim to settle matters out of court wherever possible as this is generally a quicker and more cost-effective way of resolving matters.

Our professional negligence services

If you ask us to represent you, we will go through the details of your case and establish what failures have occurred. We will put together evidence showing that a reasonable standard of care was not maintained or that another professional would not have given the advice that you received.

As well as showing that the service you were given fell below the standard of a reasonably competent professional, we will need to demonstrate that this directly caused a loss.

By involving a solicitor early on in your dispute, we can make sure that you take the right steps to mitigate your losses, which you are required to do, and advise you on the best course of action so that the dispute is resolved without avoidable delay.

Making a professional negligence claim

There is generally a deadline by which to start a claim for professional negligence of six years from the date of the damage or loss suffered. In some cases, a different deadline may apply, so you should take legal advice to check whether you are able to bring proceedings.

Professionals are required to have insurance in place to cover them in respect of negligence claims. We will advise the insurance company of your claim and once we have provided your evidence to them, they may admit liability. We can then negotiate with them to try and resolve matters without the need to go to court.

Our professional negligence solicitors are robust negotiators, used to dealing with large insurers and their legal teams, and are usually able to settle cases in this way.

If your claim does need to go to court, we will ensure that you have the strongest possible case and that you are thoroughly prepared and represented by an expert professional negligence claims advocate.

Contact our professional negligence solicitors London

Our Professional Negligence team offer outstanding service as well as extensive legal expertise. We will give you an honest appraisal of your case and our recommendations for the best way to resolve matters.

To speak to one of our professional negligence solicitors, ring us on 020 7936 8888, email us at enquiries@lawstep.co.uk or fill in our contact form.