Professional Negligence Disputes

What is professional negligence?

In essence, professional negligence occurs when a professional person or body fails to perform to the standards reasonably expected of them. Most of the time, when you engage a professional to provide you with a service, it will be carried out properly.

There are unfortunately times when that is not the case.

If a professional fails to provide the agreed-upon advice or service to you at a standard that a reasonable person within the same profession would expect, there may be a claim for professional negligence. As a result, you may have suffered significant loss, for example in monetary loss, time or a missed opportunity.

Our specialist team of professional negligence solicitors can assist in assessing the prospects of a professional negligence claim, engaging the relevant pre-action protocol and progression of the claim via court proceedings, if necessary.

Proving Professional Negligence

To prove professional negligence, individuals are required to provide evidence that the professional in question owed a duty of care, that this was broken by them, and resulting in foreseeable loss or suffering.

A few common examples of professional negligence include the following: 

• Conveyancers failing to identify structural issues with a property
• Accountants failing to advise on all tax relief options available
• Doctors or healthcare professionals breaching confidentiality agreements
• Solicitors failing to meet court and legal deadline

Our team of specialist solicitors have a wealth of experience in successfully representing clients across a wide range of professional negligence disputes and cases.