Professional liability

Dr. Paul Freda Malliamalar ('P')'s executors have commenced an action against 4 individuals for the restitution of various monetary gifts made by P to them in her lifetime, on the basis that P lacked mental capacity or was under undue influence at the material time. We act for P's solicitors, who had assisted her in making the said gifts. Two of the individuals, Kulandaivelu Malayaperumal ('Perumal') and Gopal Subramanian ('Gopal'), commenced third party proceedings against P's solicitors premised on alleged professional negligence, putting into issue the nature of the duty of care owed by solicitors to third parties, and the obligations of solicitors in respect of elderly clients.

Our client suffered losses when they engaged a law firm to advise on their exit from the partnership of a hedge fund. We represented him on a claim of more than £5 million against the law firm for negligent advice.

When a property developer discovered that it did not have full rights of access to a development site it was acquiring, it turned to us for assistance, and we have represented it in a negligence claim against its former solicitor.

A world renowned hotel entered into an interest rate swap with several banks, but ended up suffering significant losses. The hotel's owners approached us to pursue the law firm who represented them in a professional negligence claim. The case was listed for a five week High Court trial, but we arranged a settlement before the trial commenced.

We were a longstanding adviser to Bar Mutual, advising the organisation on claims by the barristers it represents, or on third party proceedings brought by solicitors facing professional negligence claims. We also directly advised barristers protected by Bar Mutual.

We achieved our client's aims in a £1m+ claim against their former solicitors, after a VAT dispute with HMRC was mishandled, resulting in substantial losses. The matter was settled through mediation.