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Professional negligence
Simon has acted for and against professionals of all kinds. He is instructed by both claimants and defendants/their professional indemnity insurers. He has been instructed by and has experience of working with most of the leading professional indemnity insurers and specialist solicitors active in this field. That work has extended to advising on professional indemnity insurance issues including 'successor practice' and coverage disputes. He is equally at home with advisory work and with advocacy. He particularly relishes document-heavy cases or cases involving technical matters.
Simon has wide experience of solicitors' negligence litigation and also barristers' negligence cases as well. The majority of instructions are for defendants and their insurers but Simon also acts for claimants. Typical cases have arisen out of mishandled litigation (including negligent advocacy), conveyancing errors leading to claims by lenders or private individuals, dishonesty and breach of trust cases, and poorly drafted commercial agreements.
Acting principally for defendants and their insurers but also for claimants in claims brought by both private individuals and institutional lenders. Claims have typically involved the acquisition of defective property, both domestic and commercial, and also incompetent valuation.
Acting for both claimants and defendants in cases arising out of negligent design and negligent supervision of construction work.
Accountants and financial advisors
Acting for both claimants and defendants in claims arising out of a broad range of circumstances including negligent accounting services, negligent tax-planning, pension mis-selling, and professional inefficiency generally.
Acting for and against insurance brokers in claims typically arising out of unsuitable or avoided policies.
Acting for and against professional trustees in breach of trust claims.