Professional Negligence

Our team of professional negligence specialists are highly experienced in providing both expert witness and advisory services for professional negligence cases.

Our team has been instructed by claimants and defendants in cases turning on alleged negligence by professionals, including surveyors, lawyers, accountants and valuers.

Where appropriate, we provide input on liability issues (primarily in relation to alleged negligence by accountants and auditors) as well as quantify the damages involved. In addition, we also offer assistance at mediations, settlement negotiations and expert witness testimonies if cases cannot be settled prior to trial.

Our work often involves providing a detailed explanation of the impact of the alleged negligence as well as how it created divergence between the actual state of affairs and a counterfactual scenario.

Providing a clear and straightforward explanation of the impact of allegedly negligent actions is vitally important in producing evidence which will ultimately assist the court in its deliberations. Our professional negligence specialists approach the quantification of losses in in a commercial yet robust manner in order to provide credible quantum which should assist the parties in reaching settlement.

When matters proceed to trial, our team's understanding of the legal process helps us explain the complexities of issues such as loss of profits, wasted expenditure and loss of chance in a way that the court or tribunal can understand.