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.
compl-i - a bespoke consultancy service for lawyers.
With ever increasing consumer awareness and
rigorously enforced regulation, lawyers in particular now face
significant risks to their reputation and livelihood through
disciplinary sanctions and an industry wide rise in claims and
complaints. This has the effect of reducing efficiency and
profitability and the potential to increase your professional
indemnity insurance premiums.
To avoid these issues draining your time,
resources and emotions, Weightmans' compl-i service offers an
innovative and flexible package that provides law firms with expert
advice and assistance from a market leading team of specialists
with unrivalled experience.
We act for law firms of differing size,
structure and needs, from sole practitioners in need of help and
support in managing risk to larger partnerships/LLPs handling their
claims and complaints. One size does not fit all and we take great
care to ensure that the advice and support we give is appropriate
to your business needs.
A range of services are available and flexible
to meet both your needs and budget. These include an outsourced
claims and complaints handling service together with crucial
management information and data to show where any improvements can
be made; a customised consultancy service aimed at ensuring
regulatory compliance and risk awareness; general advice on systems
and procedures; advice and representation on regulatory matters; a
helpline for staff and the COLP on compliance issues and the
preparation and delivery of any training which will help you reduce
the risk to your business. Bespoke training is also provided on
Outcome Focused Regulation and the new SRA Handbook.
"... always one of the more visable professional indemnity
teams...large enough to remain a force...new panel memberships,
together with new hires"
Chambers 2007
