Professional Negligence

Professional negligence for businesses

When your business relies on professional advice, mistakes can cost you money, time, faith and your reputation.

Poor guidance from solicitors, accountants, surveyors or other professionals can impact transactions, contracts, or financial planning.

If this has caused your company a financial loss, expert legal support might be your next port of call.

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How do we help businesses with professional negligence claims?

Our solicitors specialise in professional negligence affecting businesses, including:

• Poor advice during business sales or acquisitions
• Improper drafting of commercial contracts
• Inaccurate or misleading financial advice or accounts
• Property purchase or asset acquisition errors
• Negligence in legal disputes where your company relied on professional guidance
• Defective surveys or valuations

We assess your situation, explain your options, and pursue the most effective route whether that’s negotiation, mediation, alternative dispute resolution or litigation to recover losses and protect your business interests.

Building a business negligence claim

A claim requires demonstrating:

1. Duty of care – that the professional had a responsibility to act with reasonable skill.
2. Breach – that they failed to meet that standard, whether through error, poor advice, or omission.
3. Loss – that their failure directly caused financial loss or damage.

Gathering robust evidence from your contracts, correspondence, reports, accounts, or expert opinions help show where professional standards were not met so please be conscious of this as you go along.

Alternatively, our team can guide you in collecting the right evidence to strengthen your case.

Please get in touch for more information and guidance.