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Professional Negligence: Mainly Defendant

UK Guide 2026 : South West


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Professional Negligence: Mainly Defendant - South West

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For
DWF regularly acts for insurers and insurance brokers, in addition to their insured clients. The firm shows notable activity in claims relating to accountants, in addition to proceedings concerning professionals active within property and construction.
Strengths

DWF has a committed, responsive and excellent team who pursue the right strategy for a claim and are prepared to go the extra mile.

I am very pleased with how DWF has handled our claim. Matters have been dealt with promptly.

DWF has a really strong profile in the area.

Notable practitioners
Ian Welland

Ian Welland's experience as a part-qualified accountant lends itself to his professional negligence practice. He has experience defending individuals such as insurers, accountants and surveyors.

Ian is really nice and very experienced. He has good instincts and is very practical.

Ian Welland is very commercial. He understands what we need and gives good advice.

Ian Welland has been very good at cutting through the noise that the other side produces and focusing on the real issues.


Gemma Spratt

Gemma Spratt is a legal executive with experience working across professional negligence claims defending solicitors and accountants. She has experience representing insurers and is well regarded for her attention to detail.

Gemma Spratt is an excellent lawyer and a pleasure to work with.

Gemma Spratt is terrific and really hard-working. She is not only clever and great to deal with but also brings a lot of detail to claims and is really on the ball.

Gemma is flexible in her thinking and quite mentally agile in terms of discussing all aspects of the case. She is especially good at being across the whole case.

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