Articles by ‘Nicola Radcliffe’

As more barristers act for clients directly the number of barrister negligence claims are on the up.

In a recent case, the High Court re-visits the legal principle which prevents parties from bringing a fresh claim on the same facts by “attacking from a different angle”.

In the interesting case of Sahib Foods Ltd-v-Paskin Kyriakides Sands (“PKS”) the Court confirmed that architects duty was owed to guard against the possible negligent misuse of cooking equipment at their client’s premises.

Generalist accountants are found not to be negligent for failing to give advice to the claimant about his domiciliary status or refer him to a specialist adviser.

Cutting out the cost of seeking independent financial advice and making your own choices can save on fees, but can also leave you unprotected in the event that your investments go wrong.

Cutting out the cost of seeking independent financial advice and making your own choices can save on fees, but can also leave you unprotected in the event that your investments go wrong.

This winter has been the wettest in UK records with thousands of homes and businesses affected who have found themselves without adequate cover due to their insurance broker’s negligence.

The Court of Appeal rules that consumers cannot accept an award for losses from the FOS and then sue their adviser in cases of financial adviser negligence.

Professional advisers, in this case accountants, have a duty to advise their clients to seek specialist advice on savings opportunities in order to avoid Professional Negligence liability.

A firm of solicitors successfully defended a negligence claim by establishing that their client’s representative had apparent authority to instruct.

These schemes are intended to increase transparency and reduce professional negligence, but do the schemes really work?

In a word, yes. In some cases, the losses caused by changes in the markets and financial crisis are not unforeseeable and therefore the losses flowing from financial adviser negligence will be recoverable.