If you feel you have been let down by a professional, you may have a claim against that professional for the loss (financial or otherwise) that you feel you have suffered as a consequence of the poor service provided. Professional negligence is a specialist topic and not an area of general practice for solicitors. This has the effect of reducing the number of solicitors who are sufficiently aware of the issues involved to enable them to undertake professional negligence work effectively. We have that expertise and which is reflected in the increasing number of professional negligence cases on which we are instructed and the success we achieve in those cases. Indeed, we advise on claims against most professionals to include solicitors, barristers, accountants, surveyors, financial advisors, project managers, planning consultants and architects.
Why use Healys?
We have the necessary levels of experience, experience and resources to provide advice, assistance and representation to clients who believe that they have a claim against a professional. The key elements of this service are:
- Quick and efficient review of any potential claim;
- Clear advice on the merits of any potential claim;
- Full explanation of the practice and procedures involved in pursuing a claim;
- transparency on costs; and
- Availability of alternative means of funding to include conditional fee agreements.
Unique Product
We have the confidence in our ability to assess accurately the merits of a claim. We are, therefore, prepared to “risk” all or a proportion of our fees on that assessment by entering into a “no-win no-fee” or some such similar arrangement.
With a “no-win no-fee” arrangement, if you lose your case, you will not have to pay us anything. You may have to pay (1) Counsel’s fees (but this can also be subject to the same “no-win no-fee” arrangement); (2) your own disbursements such as Court fees (but these can be funded from a variety of sources); and (3) your opponent’s legal costs (but for which you can be insured against).
In short, a “no-win no-fee” arrangement enables you to pursue a claim without having to pay much (or sometimes anything) unless/until you are successful. In that event, you can expect to recover a substantial proportion of your legal costs from your opponent.
By way of example, we recently successfully acted for a client who was unable to obtain legal representation in a professional negligence claim against his former solicitor. That is, until he contacted us. In a claim which our client had been advised by other solicitors had little merit, we were able to obtain (and without commencing legal proceedings) damages on a contingency basis in excess of £250,000.
