Clyde & Co LLP, Professional Negligence

About

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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.

Chambers Review

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Professional Negligence - North West

Band 1

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.

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Work Highlights

Clyde & Co defended DWF in a claim against them and two barristers surrounding an underlying fraudulent misrepresentation claim where they had acted for the claimants.

Strengths

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They attract the best talent, which feeds into their strength in depth.

Professional Negligence respondent
UK

Louisa and her team have been the most responsive, organised and on-the-ball team of solicitors I have ever worked with.

Professional Negligence respondent
UK

They attract the best talent, which feeds into their strength in depth.

Professional Negligence respondent
UK

Louisa and her team have been the most responsive, organised and on-the-ball team of solicitors I have ever worked with.

Professional Negligence respondent
UK

Notable Practitioners

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James Preece

Band 1

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 is an excellent communicator with an incisive mind.

He's massively experienced and very tactically astute. He's very responsive and a real pleasure to work with.

James is my number one go-to lawyer for professional negligence claims. He is brilliant in mediations too.

He inspires confidence in professional clients and has seniority beyond his years in professional negligence.

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Louisa Robbins

Band 1

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

I don't think anybody knows more about the professional negligence world than Louisa - she is ridiculously clever and has a huge capacity for detail.

She's worked on cases where she's had to project manage and heard a lot of cats and can still get a good settlement by bringing everyone together. She gets everything sorted.

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Martin Paxton

Band 2

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

Martin is really experienced, very commercial and works well with insurers and brokers.

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Ben Parks

Band 3

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

Ben is very diligent and quick at turning things around. He knows exactly what we want and leads teams well.

Ben Parks is a sound practitioner.

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Sam Godding

Associates to watch

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's calm approach instils confidence.

He is great, clever and detail-focused.

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