Chambers Review
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Professional Negligence - Wales
What the Team is Known For
Berry Smith LLP has a strong claimant-focused team that handles claims against solicitors, accountants and surveyors. The firm has particular expertise in all matters relating to ATE insurance, as well as matters involving property and investments. It also handles actions against solicitors over claims relating to personal injury. The firm's client base spans private individuals, insurers, construction contractors and commercial businesses on a regional and national scale.
Strengths
They have serious expertise, which is difficult to find in the local legal market.
Berry Smith punches above its weight and has some really good people.
Work Highlights
Berry Smith represented Blaenau Gwent County Council in a claim against a national provider of asbestos surveying services, MSS, arising from MSS's failure to identify asbestos prior to the demolition of the local authority’s main leisure centre.
Notable practitioners
Iwan Doull is head of the firm's department and provides representation in claims against legal professionals on behalf of insurance companies.
He is a first-rate solicitor in every respect that I have seen.
Iwan really fights for his clients.