About

Provided by Burges Salmon LLP

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.

Chambers Review

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Professional Negligence: Mainly Claimant - South West

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What the Team is Known For

Burges Salmon has an extremely well-regarded claimant practice acting on professional negligence matters for private individuals, large financial institutions and corporate companies. The firm's sector focuses include legal, construction, IT and financial services. The team in Bristol is noted for acting on pension-related cases.

Work Highlights

  • Burges Salmon represented Blackfinch Investments and Agility Shipping International in a claim against their former solicitors for negligent tax advice.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrew Burnette
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Andrew Burnette
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Andrew Burnette is proficient in conducting professional negligence cases relating to the legal, construction and financial services sectors.

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 H C Briggs
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Justin H C Briggs
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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
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Suzanne Padmore
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Suzanne Padmore is noted for her strong professional negligence practice in the pensions sector. She acts on behalf of trustees and organisations in financial services.

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

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Burges Salmon LLP

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South West

Professional Negligence: Mainly Claimant

Andrew Burnette
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Andrew Burnette
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Band 1
Justin H C Briggs
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Justin H C Briggs
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Band 2
Suzanne Padmore
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Suzanne Padmore
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Band 2

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