Professional Negligence

Professional negligence is a core area of practice at Fountain Court.

Members of Chambers are regularly instructed in cases concerning accountants and auditors, solicitors, barristers, insurance brokers, banks, financial advisers, fund and asset managers, stockbrokers, surveyors, valuers and architects.

Our professional negligence practitioners are particularly in demand for their commercial litigation and regulatory knowledge, given the overlap with those practice areas.

We regularly advise on and act in claims against legal professionals, for both claimants and defendants, and have worked on some of the most significant cases in the field. We have worked with and for some of the largest and most well-known law firms in the country, including on confidential and highly sensitive matters.

We also regularly advise in relation to claims against auditors and claims arising out of, or related to, financial services negligence and mis-selling. Due to our extensive experience of working with financial institutions and our highly regarded banking and financial services practices, we are often the set of choice for negligence claims in these finance-related sectors.

Our expertise also extends to the construction industry where members have acted on cases involving many types of construction professional.

Across all sectors we regularly act for regulators as well as firms and individuals and our work in the professional negligence field increasingly crosses over with our professional discipline practice.

Various Fountain Court members also edit or contribute to specialist publications in this field including the three-volume looseleaf Professional Negligence and Liability, to which numerous members contribute, Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Precedents of Pleadings and The Journal of Professional Negligence.

Our work includes cases relating to:

• Legal professionals including solicitors and barristers
• Auditors
• Financial services professionals including accountants and financial advisors
• Property and construction professionals
• Insurance professionals
• Other professionals such as mortgage advisors and IT and technology professionals