Professional Negligence

Professional negligence is a core area of practice at Fountain Court. Members act for both claimants and defendants in complex, high-value disputes across the full spectrum of professional services. Our professional negligence practitioners are particularly in demand for their commercial litigation and regulatory knowledge, given the overlap with those practice areas.

The set is regularly instructed for and against by some of the largest professional clients, including global law firms, banks and major financial institutions, regulators, professional indemnity insurers, and other accredited professionals. We have worked on some of the most significant cases in the field, often on highly confidential and sensitive matters.

We regularly advise on claims against auditors and claims arising out of, or related to, financial services negligence and mis-selling. Due to our extensive experience of working with financial institutions and our highly regarded banking and financial services practices, we are often the set of choice for negligence claims in these finance-related sectors.

Across all sectors we regularly act for regulators as well as firms and individuals and our work in the professional negligence field increasingly crosses over with our professional discipline practice. Our expertise also extends to the construction industry where members have acted on cases involving many types of construction professional.

Various Fountain Court members edit or contribute to specialist publications in this field including the three-volume looseleaf Professional Negligence and Liability, to which numerous members contribute, Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Precedents of Pleadings and The Journal of Professional Negligence.

Our work includes cases relating to:

• Auditors
• Financial services professionals including accountants and financial advisors
• Insurance professionals
• Legal professionals including solicitors and barristers
• Property and construction professionals
• Other professionals such as mortgage advisors and IT and technology professionals