If a professional has breached a duty to practice their specialism with reasonable skill and care, you may be able to make a claim against them for professional negligence. Claims can be brought against a range of professionals, be it healthcare, solicitors, accountants, financial advisors or architects.
At its core, a professional negligence claim serves as a legal avenue to seek compensation when a professional’s misstep results in tangible financial losses. This legal wrongdoing is encapsulated in the term “negligence.”
The bedrock of such claims lies in establishing the professional’s failure to execute their duties with the expected care and skill. This is the threshold for proving negligence.
The canvas of recoverable losses extends to those that are directly linked to the professional’s oversight and are reasonably foreseeable. Compensation aims to remedy these financial ramifications.
Amidst the aftermath of an error, clients bear the duty to take reasonable steps to mitigate their losses. Failure to do so might jeopardize the prospects of securing compensation.
The decision to embark on a professional negligence claim hinges on the strength of the case. If the professional is covered by insurance, early settlements are often sought as a means to mitigate reputational damage.
Temporal constraints play a pivotal role, with a typical filing window of six years from the occurrence of the mistake. Seeking legal counsel promptly becomes imperative to navigate this timeframe effectively.
With over 30 years of experience, Taylor Hampton has significant expertise in addressing the complexities of professional negligence, often intervening at advanced stages to rectify situations gone awry. Our highly experienced solicitors can offer clear, sensible and effective assistance to assess the merits of your circumstances and provide the best advice to guide you through the process and procedure of pursuing a professional negligence claim.
Our team are experts in assessing whether professionals have been negligent, making and defending claims, seeking out of court settlement and pursuing and defending claims in court. Taylor Hampton understands that if you have suffered loss because of incorrect advice or avoidable mistakes, this can have a long-lasting impact on your financial well-being. Our work highlights in this area speaks to our proficiency in unraveling complex litigations, consistently securing funds for clients who have borne the brunt of professional negligence.
Our successful professional negligence claims work includes:
If you have received negligent advice or services, call us today if you seek more information on how to start and prove a professional negligence claim at +442074275970 or email us at [email protected]
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Taylor Hampton have successfully acted in the following cases:
Sylvia Henry, the Baby P Social Worker, in her successful action against the Sun in relation to 80 highly defamatory articles. The Sun was forced to apologise to Ms Henry, both in Court and in print, and to pay her substantial damages and her costs.
Antonio Serrano, a GP, in his claim for defamation against the Daily Mail after the paper falsely ran a story condemning his treatment of a patient. The paper ran a story under the headline, “A whole year of hell, thanks to a foreign doctor”. Dr Serrano was fully vindicated by the Court and was awarded substantial damages and his costs.
Dr Sarah Thornton, an author and academic, who was libelled by the Daily Telegraph. This was a landmark case which changed the law. It led to the important test of “substantial damage to reputation” being required in order to found a libel action. This subsequently contributed to the enactment of the “serious harm” test in the Defamation Act 2013. It was also notable because general damages were awarded for malicious falsehood for the first time in many years.
Bruno Lachaux, a French aerospace engineer residing in the UAE, in his claims for defamation against the Independent Print Limited, the “i” Newspaper, the Evening Standard and AOL (UK) Ltd, otherwise known as the Huffington Post. This is another landmark case in the law of libel, having been one of the first to test the requirement for ‘serious harm’ under the Defamation Act 2013.