He points out that, in previous recessions, «no win, no fee» agreements and third party funding were not available, which made claims
against professional advisers risky since the claimant could be left liable for costs and that this time round, however, businesses and individuals may be willing to «take a gamble» on claims in an attempt to recoup some of their losses.
Specialising in heavy construction disputes arising from building & engineering activities both nationally and internationally, relating to breach of contract, delay & disruption, time extensions, prolongation, payment provisions, acceleration, loss of productivity, final accounts and professional negligence actions
against professional advisers including architects / engineers, surveyors and solicitors.
This includes communicating with HMRC and TPR and bringing successful claims
against professional advisers
Claims
against professional advisers - actuaries, administrators, professional trustees and fund managers
A deteriorating economic and property market dynamic will more likely result in losses being incurred by property investors, speculators and developers, and it follows that there can be a greater propensity to take litigation
against professional advisers engaged in real estate advice to endeavour to recover losses, and clearly where fundamentally it is felt the advice has been a contributory factor.
Alternatively, if you were meant to benefit under a will but, due to a failing by the professional preparing the will, you did not, you may be able to make a professional negligence claim
against the professional adviser.
The court said that in such circumstances the proper recourse was to bring a negligence claim
against the professional adviser and, indeed in reaching this conclusion, the court appreciated that inevitably there would be an increase in such claims.
Not exact matches
Practitioners competing for business among themselves and
against other
professional advisers may require high profile and tangible evidence of their firms» capabilities if they are to win and sustain competitive advantage.
advising various financial institutions, corporates and
professional advisers on the implementation of procedures to guard
against corporate criminal liability for failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion
The practice regularly defends claims
against a variety of
professionals including solicitors, barristers, accountants, financial
advisers, insurance brokers and healthcare
professionals.
Slattery v Moore Stephens (High Court)(
professional negligence claim by high net worth individual
against personal tax
advisers)
With recent figures demonstrating that the number of negligence claims
against professional legal
advisers appears to have trebled in the past year, the notion that the tide of
professional negligence claims resulting from the height of the property market bubble in 2006/2007 may be coming to an end may be misplaced.
The practice is largely conflict free and able to act
against most banks in financial services - related litigation... key
advisers include Simon Brew, Alexander Wildschütz, construction law expert David Weare, and Digby Hebbard, who pursues claims
against construction project
professionals.
He has a particular specialism in financial service coverage work but is equally at home defending claims
against financial
advisers, both in litigation, before the Financial Ombudsman Service, accountants and pension
professionals.
All of the claims were eventually settled and contribution proceedings were they pursued
against other
professional advisers involved in the scheme.
Against the advice of its
professional advisers, the local authority granted the -LSB-...] Read more
We act for businesses, investors, property developers, banks and other financial institutions, family offices and private individuals in claims
against solicitors, accountants, surveyors, architects, financial
advisers and other
professionals.
Claims
against solicitors, accountants, financial
advisers, surveyors, valuers and construction
professionals
Ros regularly brings and defends
professional negligence claims
against professional advisors, often in the context of underlying fraud proceedings which the
advisers failed to recognise.
In line with Chambers» expertise in
professional liability, members of chambers are frequently instructed in claims
against financial
advisers, including investment, mortgage, pension and tax
advisers.