Professional Negligence Solicitors
If a professional such as a solicitor, accountant, architect or surveyor has acted for you, you expect a certain level of competence when it comes to looking after you. If the professional fails to meet these standards what can you do? Do you have any rights to take action? If yes, how can you fund a claim against them and what compensation are you likely to receive?
We will take the time to listen to your situation and then provide you with a range of options. You can then decide whether to take further action or to work towards a swift resolution of your problem on terms that are favourable to you. We will use our many years of experience of all types of professional negligence claims to ensure that you make the right decision.
Types Of Professional Negligence Claims
Professional negligence claims can related to any claim against a professional who you have engaged to carry out work for you. This can include:
- A claim against a solicitor, for example, in failing to obtain the right amount of compensation under a personal injury claim, or for failing to ensure a property was correctly transferred into your name.
- A claim against an architect for failing to design plans correctly leading to additional building costs.
- A claim against an accountant for late filing of accounts, or failing to advise you how to legitimately reduce your tax bill or for incorrect valuation of the shares in a company when winding up an estate.
- A barrister advising you to accept an offer of compensation in a personal injury claim that was too low.
Your Right Of Action
If any professional has acted for you and has failed to meet the required standards of care expected of them, you may be entitled to claim compensation for their professional negligence. This compensation is designed to put you in the position that you would have been in had you not received the negligent advice. In the case of an architect, this could include any addition building costs. For other areas of negligence relating to undervaluing any claim, the amount of compensation lost as a result of the negligence.
Funding A Professional Negligence Claim
If you decide to pursue a claim for professional negligence, what are the likely funding options that will be available to you? With Pearson Rowe, we can look at a number of different funding options, including:
- No Win No Fee – This allows you to proceed and pay nothing if you lose your claim. However, I some cases you might need to pay some expenses, depending on the type of your claims. We will discuss this funding option in full with you and advise you if it can apply to your claim.
- Payment by instalments
Free Initial Enquiries
We will gladly take the time to find out more about your potential professional negligence claim and discuss your prospects of success and funding options so that you can make an informed decision about whether to make a claim.
Please call us free on 0800 068 3242 or make a Quick Enquiry and we will be soon in touch with you.
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