Professional negligence

Legal advisory and defendant service for practitioners across the professional service spectrum, from lawyers to IT consultants.

Claims for professional negligence can be damaging, not only financially but also in terms of their effect on advisers’ reputations and potential disruption to their professional activities. Successful defence of such claims requires a strategic approach based on skilled mediation, negotiation and representation.

Weightmans' Professional Negligence team is experienced in handling all kinds of claims across a diverse range of professional disciplines. We act regularly on behalf of insurers, professional practices and regulatory bodies, and we have particular experience in dealing with the legal, brokers, construction and financial services sectors.

The hallmarks of our service are a commercial, pragmatic approach, sound technical expertise and a clear understanding of your objectives as a client. We adopt a friendly, straightforward approach and ensure that our advice is delivered in a down-to-earth fashion.

Our administrative processes are designed to provide you with an efficient, effective and transparent service, and our highly developed case management systems ensure that you are kept informed of progress on your case at all times.

Members of our team have dealt with a number of high profile and sensitive issues with far reaching implications, and have litigated cases in which landmark decisions have been achieved. We have helped to resolve claims worth over £100m by means of mediation during the last year.

Weightmans' Professional Negligence team have been rated the best in the region by the Legal 500 for several years, and our strength in depth continues to receive recognition at regional and national levels.

"... always one of the more visable professional indemnity teams...large enough to remain a force...new panel memberships, together with new hires..Chambers 2007