Professional Negligence
Ashfords has considerable experience of acting in respect of professional negligence claims and has acted on claims involving alleged negligence by, amongst other professions:
- Surveyors;
- Solicitors;
- Accountants and tax advisers; and
- Clinical negligence and claims against the medical profession.
Our clients range from individuals and companies to major banks.
We will pursue your claim rigorously but also have a practical approach and, where appropriate, we will use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to try to achieve a satisfactory outcome. In particular, we have substantial experience of mediation.
We are willing, in appropriate cases, to act on the basis of a Conditional Fee (“no win no fee”) or partial Conditional Fee arrangement.
Recent work undertaken includes:
- Pursuing a claim against a Firm of solicitors for missing a limitation deadline, and achieving a satisfactory settlement of that claim;
- Acting for a client regarding advice received from their accountants concerning an application for a substantial tax rebate;
- Acting for a high street bank on surveyors negligence claims;
- Defending a law Firm against negligence claims;
- Advising a client on a claim against solicitors regarding advice as to security supporting a loan and the effectiveness of that security;
- Acting for a client whose former solicitors had failed to advise regarding the Financial Assistance implications of a share sale, and achieving a satisfactory settlement of that claim before trial; and
- Resolving through mediation a multi-million pound claim for professional negligence against solicitors, arising from a compulsory purchase compensation claim.
