Professional Negligence claims against solicitors
and other professionals should be easier because of conditional fee
agreements "no win no fee".
Meade-King, solicitors in Bristol, provides specialist advice on professional
negligence. Our solicitors assess your professional negligence claim
before entering into a "no win no fee" agreement. Our
solicitors provide a free half hour initial appraisal of a professional
negligence case. We have succeeded in professional negligence claims
against solicitors, accountants and surveyors. Our solicitors deal with
the great majority of our professional negligence cases by conditional
fee agreements "no win, no fee". Our clients come from
all over the country and abroad.
What is professional negligence?
Professional negligence claims may not arise from every mistake made
by a professional (e.g. solicitor, accountant, architect). The test
to be applied is whether the mistake is one which no reasonably competent
professional should have made and whether it has caused the client any
financial disadvantage.
Professional negligence: The tests
In broad terms, to succeed against a solicitor for example, a claimant
in professional negligence has to establish:
- the existence of a duty of care on the part of the solicitor (other
professional). That does not necessarily mean that the claimant is
a client of the solicitor (other professional). There must however
be close relationship between the two
- a breach of duty by the solicitor (other professional)
- the existence of a loss
- causation; i.e. that breach of duty by the solicitor (other professional)
has caused the loss