Professional Negligence and the Law

When you enter into any professional agreement with a person or organisation, you need to be sure that they are competent and able to carry out their professional responsibilities.

This applies in any professional arrangement, whether you are agreeing to work for them or to take their advice about a financial decision.

If you have suffered financial losses as the result of a mistake by a professional, which a reasonable person could have avoided, you could be entitled to compensation for their failure to act professionally or fulfil their responsibility to you as a client.

Examples of professional negligence would be being prescribed the wrong medication or miss sold a mortgage.

Insurance

Most organisations will have malpractice or indemnity insurance to cover their liability for mistakes which they make, so compensation will not come directly from their pockets.

An experienced professional negligence solicitor will be able to advise you on the possibility of making a claim.

Complaints Procedure

Professional organisations should also have a procedure for dealing with complaints, which you should go through before initiating further legal proceedings against them. This could bring about a resolution without the expense of going to court, and if the claim does go all the way to a hearing you will be able to show that you have taken all possible steps to resolve the matter outside of court.

Solicitors

If they think your compensation claim has a good chance of being successful, a solicitor may be willing to work for you on a ‘no win no fee’ basis, meaning that you won’t be charged anything unless you win compensation.

In most cases legal fees can be reclaimed from the other side on top of compensation, so making a claim will cost nothing.

If you’ve lost out thanks to poor financial advice, been let down by a doctor, or had trouble with any other type of professional service received we can find the right solicitor to make sure you get a just result.

Professionals in any job who fail to act competently must be held accountable.

It is your legal right to make a claim when you have been the victim of such shoddy practices.