If someone such as a lawyer, an accountant, a financial advisor, a valuer, a surveyor or an engineer (just to name a few) has provided you with bad advice or acted poorly and it has caused you financial loss, you may have a claim in negligence against them.

A professional is a person who is engaged or qualified in a certain field. What you can expect from them is the expertise which they hold themselves out to possess, to be delivered at an industry standard. They commit to providing competent guidance and to carrying out your affairs to ensure you can obtain the outcome you are seeking.

More often than not, these individuals practice their duties with reasonable care and skill. Unfortunately, there are many cases where they fail to meet the required standard, causing innocent consumers significant loss.

To claim for damages, it is not enough for the individual giving guidance to act poorly or not live up to your standards. They must be found to have acted in a way that is not to industry standard, or not to have acted as a “reasonable professional” should. Those direct actions, or lack of actions, would then need to be connected to your losses.

Suing someone in this position is not an easy task and you have to be skilled and have the know-how to ensure the case is in the best possible shape to achieve a successful outcome.

At Attwood Marshall Lawyers, our professional negligence lawyers, dispute resolution and litigation team are skilled at providing the best possible advice toward these matters. If you have suffered damages because of someone else’s negligence, we can act on a “No Win, No Fee” basis for approved cases.