Problem: Our client received negligent advice from a direct access barrister who wrongly advised the client to pursue an application that was bound to fail. The application increased our client’s costs and adverse costs liability when it ultimately failed.
Outcome: Our lawyers were instructed to pursue a professional negligence claim against the barrister. Our expert professional negligence lawyers recovered 80% of the claim value plus a significant contribution towards our client’s costs.
Our expert professional negligence lawyers successfully acted for a former finance professional in pursuing a professional negligence claim against her former barrister. The barrister had wrongly advised the client of the prospects of an application at Court to contest and seek a stay of execution on a costs order but the nature of the application had no prospects of success.
Despite our client’s concerns throughout and seeking alternative counsel, the barrister was forthright in his views that the application had strong prospects and that our client should continue with the application as it would not increase her liability. This advice was fundamentally wrong.
Our expert lawyers were instructed to bring a professional negligence claim against the barrister, and started the pre-action process by preparing a detailed letter before claim by the Pre-Action Protocol for Professional Negligence.
We were able to negotiate an outcome with the insurers that acted for the barrister to pay our client 80% of the claim value and a significant contribution towards our client’s costs of the professional negligence claim.
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