Professional negligence can apply to several different industries. These include financial planners, accountants, surveyors, lawyers, mortgage advisors, insurance brokers, business consultants and more.
A claim of professional negligence might be levelled against a party in these industries when any of the following occurs:
If you’re unsure whether your claim falls under professional negligence, contact Gorvins to obtain guidance from one of our expert solicitors.
To make a legitimate professional negligence claim, you’ll need to prove the following:
You can’t claim for stress or inconvenience. There must be a material loss caused to you by the negligent actions.
If you’re the claimant, you must prove on the balance of probabilities that the defendant has both been negligent and that their negligence led to losses or injury.
Proof on the balance of all probabilities simply means proving that it’s more likely than not. If say you were given a housing survey that led to you buying a structurally damaged house, you could present evidence that made it likely on the balance of probabilities that your surveyor was negligent in their statutory duties.
