Professional negligence

When a professional service fails, the impact is not only financial but often emotional.  This can be very distressing if you are also having to cope with a personal injury caused by an accident.

If you have made a claim for compensation but don’t your lawyer is handling it properly, for example, your case may have been lost because they’ve made a mistake, we may be able to help. 

What is professional negligence?

Lawyers owe you a duty of care, which means they have to provide their services with skill and diligence.  To prove professional negligence, you have to show they have breached this duty of care.

This means proving their standard of work was not as good as you could reasonably expect.  This might include your lawyer not acting within the set time frame for making a claim, or giving you inaccurate advice about your case. 

You have to prove that you are worse off than you would have been if they had not acted negligently.  If you are just disappointed with the outcome of your case, this does not necessarily mean your lawyer was negligent. 

Claims Direct can help

Claims Direct uses lawyers who are experts in personal injury and professional negligence.  Call us now on 0800 884 0321 for a free first discussion about your professional negligence claim.  You can speak to a trained representative, or leave your details on our online web form and we’ll call you right back.