Property related professional negligence. Do you feel let down? The negligence of a legal conveyancing professional, surveyor, valuer, or structural engineer can leave a property owner with significant losses. In addition potentially making the property owner, whether commercial or residential, liable to third parties.
The professional negligence issues which may arise.
These are issues of –
- duty of care,
- breach of duty,
- causation,
- quantification, and remoteness of loss and damage
which may all involve complex issues of fact and law. There is the potential for lengthy proceedings if no settlement is found between the parties.
At Tennyson we advise and represent individuals and companies, whether as defendants or claimants, on property related professional negligence. This includes, but is not limited to –
- contractual and tortious duties and breach of those duties,
- causation,
- damages,
- whether there is any contributory negligence,
- indemnification,
- part 20 proceedings, and
- whether proprietary remedies are available.
Examples of our cases.
Cases where a conveyancing professional failed to notify a building/developer company of a legal right of way which ran through a building plot for twelve houses. The beneficiary of the easement issued proceedings after twelve houses had been constructed and sold leaving the builder/developer open to third party claims from the house owners in addition to the owner of the legal easement.
Where a party holds professional indemnity insurance this can lead to different considerations for a defendant as the commerciality of the insurers point of view is brought to bear on a case.
We can accept instructions from members of the public under the public access scheme where the case is suitable for public access (please see our public access pages) and from solicitors or other professionals.
To assist you in your choice of barrister please refer to our barrister pages for our barrister profiles. Please make use of the short list facility to choose your barrister, and contact us on our enquiry form and book an appointment facility. At Tennyson we are also able to help you mediate your dispute – please refer to our mediator’s page for further details.
Members of Tennyson practising in Real Estate – property related professional negligence are –
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Our telephone number in Southampton United Kingdom is +44 (0) 2381 511511.
For clients wishing to have a conference in London United Kingdom then please dial the London UK appointments number of +44 (0)203 407 0047.
Alternatively, you may email practicemanager@tennysonchambers.com.