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Professional Negligence

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Our leading professional services team specialises in professional liability matters and defends claims of alleged professional negligence against a wide variety of professionals including lawyers, accountants, architects, surveyors, company directors, finance and insurance brokers and healthcare professionals.

We support professional services firms and networks of all sizes. Our focus on each of the major professions enables us to understand the commercial, reputational and regulatory pressures each client faces, and to provide targeted risk management and other advice.

Our team has extensive experience of handling regulatory, disciplinary and investigatory proceedings on behalf of all professions. Our lawyers are adept at guiding clients through the particular challenges presented by parallel civil and disciplinary proceedings, including those which involve multiple jurisdictions.

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What the Team is Known For

Clyde & Co has a market-leading team with significant experience handling claims for large insurer clients. The firm is well regarded for its work defending solicitors and lenders, with its breadth of expertise extending to emerging professions as well. The team is capable of handling claims with a cross-border element. The firm's lawyers are experienced in claims arising in the real estate sector, acting for property management providers and residential valuation services.

Work Highlights

  • Clyde & Co acted as defence and insurance coverage lawyers in a case regarding the administration of two of the UK’s largest 'no win, no fee' claimant law firms.

Strengths

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Top of the tree in professional indemnity.

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There is a stellar team at Clyde & Co in the North West.

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A first-rate and dependable team.

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Clyde & Co is one of the biggest names, and its Manchester team is brilliant: an extremely well-organised and efficient group of lawyers.

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Notable Practitioners

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James Preece
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James Preece
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James Preece is a partner in the firm's Manchester office and receives acclaim for his expertise in representing solicitors, barristers and their professional indemnity insurers.

James Preece is extremely bright, easy to deal with, and good at strategy. He's especially skilled at dealing with cases concerning solicitors' and barristers' negligence.

Everything you think is good about a person, I'd think about James Preece.

James is a top-rate lawyer who is very client-focused and a pleasure to work with.

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Louisa Robbins
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Louisa Robbins
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Louisa Robbins is held in high regard for her outstanding track record in professional negligence matters concerning construction and real estate professionals.

Louisa is excellent at putting together teams and is strategically astute when running big cases with lots of moving parts.

Louisa Robbins is incredibly experienced in the field of professional indemnity and insurance. What she doesn't know on the subject isn't worth knowing.

Louisa is incredibly on top of the detail and works so hard. She's lovely to work with.

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Ben Parks
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Ben Parks
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Ben Parks defends a range of professionals against negligence claims, including those in the construction, legal and finance sectors.

Ben Parks is a know-it-all who doesn't come across as a know-it-all.

Parks has a pragmatic and plain-speaking manner that belies a fierce intellect.

Ben Parks is a very experienced professional negligence specialist.

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Martin Paxton
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Martin Paxton
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Martin Paxton handles a range of professional negligence work, particularly claims relating to allegations of negligent advice and defective design.

Martin Paxton is attentive to the whole market. He gives good analysis, good advice and good strategy outline.

Martin Paxton is absolutely excellent. He has very good commercial awareness and excellent legal skills, and is very good with clients.

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Sam Godding
Sam Godding
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Sam Godding is a legal director based in the firm's Manchester office. He has notable experience defending law firms against professional negligence claims.

Sam really drives the cases.

Sam Godding is very strong and I feel very confident using him.

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James Preece
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James Preece
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Louisa Robbins
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Louisa Robbins
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Ben Parks
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Ben Parks
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Martin Paxton
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Martin Paxton
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Sam Godding
Sam Godding
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