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A housing association could be guilty of professional negligence

By Professional Negligence Department | Published: May 29, 2013

Sometimes professional negligence, such as that of an accountant, financial advisor, bank, or solicitor, causes financial loss, inconvenience, and great distress. However, sometimes professional negligence can place lives at risk, and may even prove fatal. A reminder of this situation came this week with the story of a Hampshire family who, it is said, could [...]

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Solicitor professional negligence claim has no legs, says judge

By Professional Negligence Department | Published: October 15, 2012

A Manchester hotel magnate has lost his solicitor professional negligence claim against a firm which he alleged failed to provide him with a large enough compensation settlement. The case is unlikely to make the claimant appear sympathetic to the masses – in 1999 he became registered as living in Austria in order to avoid paying [...]

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G4S negligence story unlikely to go away

By Professional Negligence Department | Published: July 31, 2012

Who would have thought that the Olympics would become a big potential professional negligence story before an athlete had even so much as twitched a muscle in anticipation of the starting pistol? The G4S security scandal, despite the save-face PR offensive of the company’s management staff, is fast descending into farce, with the government giving [...]

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Financial advisor negligence claim for elderly couple

By Professional Negligence Department | Published: April 30, 2012

For many of us the only reward we get for years spent at the occupational grindstone is peace of mind and financial security in later life. Imagine then, the trauma of working all your life to build up this security only to have it snatched away from you because of financial advisor negligence just as [...]

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The value of expert testimony in a negligence claim against a professional

By Professional Negligence Department | Published: February 27, 2012

It is usually considered likely that any person looking to bring a successful negligence claim against a professional will require the testimony of an expert witness to support the claim. This system of expert witness testimony has long been the accepted method of verifying the validity of a negligence claim against a professional , whether [...]

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