Masseys has considerable depth and breadth of expertise in acting in professional negligence actions. Our fee earners have experience in successfully acting in claims of varying size and complexity against lawyers, accountants, actuaries, surveyors and investment fund managers.
Through the effective use of the provisions of the Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol, we are often able to obtain early and cost-effective settlements for our clients. In addition, we have considerable expertise in the use of alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation, often used as a tool to our clients’ advantage in such cases.
Examples of some of the cases in which Masseys’ lawyers have acted include the following:
| • | Acting for a professional trustee against a large City of London law firm in connection with negligence arising out of the firm’s retainer and conduct of complex legal proceedings in the UK and abroad; | ||
| • | Acting for company directors in claims against one of the leading accounting firms in respect of negligent accounting, tax advice and due diligence in relation to a £10 million commercial transaction; | ||
| • | Acting for a group of property developers in negligence claims against its solicitors in the context of various property related transactions; | ||
| • | Acting for a member of The Times 100 rich list in a negligence claim against his solicitors regarding a substantial property transaction; | ||
| • | Acting for a claimant company against a "big four" firm of accountants in respect of that firm’s failure to identify, through audits, a long term multi-million pound fraud; | ||
| • | Acting for a UK plc against a "big four" firm of accountants in relation to a complex claim arising out of negligence in respect of the audit of the accounts and the preparation of a working capital review; | ||
| • | Acting in a substantial claim against a hedge fund manager in relation to negligent mismanagement of the investment portfolio; | ||
| • | Acting for a public company (a household name) in relation to a claim against its actuaries; | ||
| • | Acting in proceedings against a top ten solicitors’ firm regarding a failure properly to conduct a leasehold enfranchisement; and | ||
| • | Acting for an oil trading company in a substantial professional negligence claim against its former solicitors, in which the allegation was that the former solicitors negligently allowed the client’s claim to be time barred. |