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The law surrounding duties owed by professionals to their clients is constantly evolving, making the need for high quality professional negligence advice essential.
Our team of professional negligence lawyers has a reputation for diligence and tenacity which leads to strong results for our clients. Our lawyers have many years of experience working with businesses, major financial institutions and individuals pursuing claims against a full spectrum of professionals. We also defend leading professionals against claims and advise them on risk and insurance-related issues, including professional indemnity and directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.
In addition, our team has market-leading experience of managing large portfolios of claims on behalf of financial institutions.
Our expertise in professional negligence includes the following:
• Claims against solicitors.
• Claims against surveyors and valuers.
• Claims against accountants and auditors.
• Claims against pensions advisers and actuaries.
• Claims against construction and engineering professionals.
• Claims against IT consultants.
• Professional indemnity insurance.
• Directors’ and officers’ insurance.
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Burges Salmon represented Blackfinch Investments and Agility Shipping International in a claim against their former solicitors for negligent tax advice.
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Burges Salmon is a strategically adept firm, and the team are easy to liaise with and pick up the phone to.
Burges Salmon break the process down with a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of your claim along with an understanding of the counterparty's strategy.
Burges Salmon pairs excellent legal knowledge with tenacity.
The team at Burges Salmon are very thorough in their research and analysis of the key issues.
Burges Salmon is a strategically adept firm, and the team are easy to liaise with and pick up the phone to.
Burges Salmon break the process down with a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of your claim along with an understanding of the counterparty's strategy.
Burges Salmon pairs excellent legal knowledge with tenacity.
The team at Burges Salmon are very thorough in their research and analysis of the key issues.
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Andrew has been a brilliant guide through the litigation process, with a talent for distilling legal concepts into commercially digestible pieces.
Andrew is very thorough and technically very good. He has a good strategic head on him and is a safe pair of hands.
Andrew Burnette is a class act. He is extremely knowledgeable and knows what is required in the market.
Andrew is extremely knowledgeable about bringing professional negligence claims. He knows the area inside out.
Andrew Burnette is responsive, attentive and always entirely on top of the issues we are dealing with.

Justin Briggs is adept at handling professional negligence matters relating to pension funds as well as other types of investment vehicles and trusts.
Justin is quite an academic lawyer who wants to understand the academic ins and outs of cases.
Justin Briggs is an experienced and well-known partner.
Justin Briggs is very organised and charismatic. He is a reassuring presence.

Suzanne Padmore is wonderful and brilliant for pensions and professional negligence in the South West.


