Professional Negligence
Charlie’s practice covers a broad range of professional negligence disputes, attracting instructions for and against professionals in various sectors. As such, he is instructed by both claimants and defendants, and by private individuals or professionals. He focusses on disputes involving:
- The legal sector – solicitors, counsel
- The financial sector – accountants, financial advisors
- The construction industry – surveyors, valuers, engineers, architects
Cases
By way of example, Charlie’s current/recent instructions include:
- Acting for the claimant in a claim in negligence against his personal injury solicitors who settled his claim
- Drafting particulars of claim and advising the claimants in a case involving the failure of a surveyor to warn the buyers of a property as to significant defects
- Advising a firm of solicitors as to their potential liability following advice given during the sale of domestic properties
