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Solicitors’ disclosure failures resulting in claim being struck out 

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Solicitors’ disclosure failures resulting in claim being struck out


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The clients were engaged in large multi-million-pound litigation against a large bank, and their solicitors mishandled the disclosure process, resulting in the claim being struck out and the clients being ordered to pay very substantial cost orders.

Our professional negligence team represented the clients in bringing a professional negligence claim against the solicitors for their failure to manage disclosure properly, resulting in the loss of the opportunity to pursue the multi-million-pound claim against the bank.

The case proceeded to a pre-action mediation, where the claim was settled on favourable terms.

N.B. We may offer a conditional fee agreement, i.e. no win, no fee, only for claims against Solicitors.

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Avi Gordon (Senior Solicitor) – Head of Professional Negligence Department

The Freeman Harris professional negligence practice is led by Avi Gordon, who is a Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer.

Avi is highly experienced in dealing with professional negligence and commercial litigation.Avi has over a decade’s experience dealing with all aspects of professional negligence disputes, with particular focus on preparing complex multi-million pound claims against solicitors and barristers.

Claiming professional negligence

To assess a claim for professional negligence, the main focus is to establish whether a professional breached their duty of care, and you have suffered a loss as a result. The loss you incur will form the basis for your claim.

How Freeman Harris Solicitors help with professional negligence?

Professional negligence is a specialist area of law, therefore it’s important to use the services of a law firm with experience of dealing with negligence claims against professionals. We have considerable experience in assessing and working on such matters. We take a staged approach in identifying the negligence, assessing losses and making a claim.

If you have a dispute with a professional service provider because of their negligence, contact us, so we can investigate the matter. We will assess your chances of success based on our meetings and the evidence you provide.

We offer a number of fee structures, and where appropriate, we will consider no win no fee arrangements after the initial risk assessment.

Common Professional Negligence Questions

What is professional negligence?

In simple terms, professional negligence is when a professional you have instructed to work with fails to perform their duties to the required standards or breaches a duty of care. The professional’s negligence would result in you suffering a loss.

A professional could be a solicitor, an accountant, an investment manager or any other professional who had been instructed to act for you on a formal basis.

If you think the professional you worked with was negligent in providing their service, and may have failed you, you can contact us to discuss your claim.

Which professionals can you make a claim against?

Sometimes professionals can make mistakes. Such mistakes can cause problems for their clients, causing financial loss amongst other issues.

When such a dispute arises, it is known as ‘professional negligence’.

If you have been affected by mistakes made by a professional, our highly experienced professional negligence team can assist you. We have assisted with claims against professionals such as:

When you instruct a professional, they will provide you with a written agreement. This would be in compliance with the law as well as any professional body rules and regulation, i.e. the contract. As a result, the dispute between the parties would be judged based on this contract.

Professionals owe a duty of care to their clients, which is why you can pursue a claim for breach of contract and negligence.

What previous cases have you worked on?

The head of Freeman Harris’s Professional Negligence Department, Avi Gordon, has:

What if I have received bad service from a professional?

If you have received a poor service from a professional, it is worth making a claim if you have incurred a loss. These losses need to be assessed and valued, so your claim can be calculated.

The purpose of a professional negligence claim is to assess the financial value of the loss you have suffered from, and to put you in the position that you would have been in if the professional wasn’t negligent in providing their service.

An example of this would be a Financial Advisor giving his client factually incorrect information, which resulted in the client losing a large amount of money.

Does a professional negligence matter need to go to court?

It is difficult to say if your professional negligence claim will end up in court. We will aim to discuss and explain the process of making a professional negligence claim once you contact us.


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