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Professional Negligence - London (Bar)

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Wilberforce Chambers can bring to bear deep expertise in a wide range of professional negligence claims, acting for both defendants and claimants. The set is frequently sought out for solicitors' liability claims and matters involving financial services professionals, often complicated by fraud elements. Property-related work is a strong suit, and the barristers are an obvious choice for negligence claims concerning the more complex of conveyancing matters, or major development projects. Members continue to act in cases of considerable size and importance, including Mitchell v Al Jaber. One market commentator notes that "there is an impressive array of expertise on offer at this set".

Nicholas Luckman leads the team.

Strengths

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Friendly, helpful, easy to talk to and responsive. Commercial considerations were also taken into account on fees.

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The clerks at Wilberforce are all excellent, reliable and deliver a great service.

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Standout clerking is at Wilberforce; they are head and shoulders above anyone else on that front. They are very commercial and understand the challenges that solicitors face.

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Their clerking is impeccable. It's very personalised service and probably my favourite in that regard.

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Notable Practitioners

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Ian Croxford KC
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Band 1

Ian Croxford KC is an impressive advocate who boasts an extensive track record of dealing with large-scale professional liability cases. He takes on claims involving a wide range of professionals, including civil engineers, stockbrokers, solicitors and management consultants, among others.

He is a high-level operator.

If you are really down and up against it, he is the person to turn to.

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John Wardell
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Band 2

John Wardell KC maintains a strong commercial practice with a steady emphasis on professional negligence matters, in which he acts for claimants and defendants. He regularly takes on cases relating to legal, financial and property services, and also defends other barristers against claims of negligence. His professional negligence practice is supported by his experience of fraud-related work.

Not who you want to see on the other side, which is a high accolade.

John is very good.

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Jonathan Seitler
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Band 2

Jonathan Seitler KC commands an impressive professional negligence practice in the property sector, often advising on claims relating to very high-value transactions. He regularly advises on cases brought as the result of allegedly faulty advice given by solicitors and valuers.

He is brilliant, absolute top of the tree for professional negligence.

He is as smooth as silk, completely unruffled. Jonathan is a really good appellate advocate.

Jonathan Seitler KC is a careful and cautious advocate and good in highly contentious situations.

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Paul Newman
2
Band 2

Paul Newman KC has a wealth of experience handling professional negligence claims relating to pension schemes and other financial services. He has particular expertise in cases arising out of failure to equalise the retirement ages of pension schemes.

Paul Newman KC is very good at giving a view on the evidence and being very robust, and thinking through the options very analytically. Clients have been very pleased with him.

Paul Newman KC is excellent with clients and gives advice in a clear and decisive manner

Paul is an excellent advocate with vast experience of pensions professional negligence cases.

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Thomas Grant
2
Band 2

Thomas Grant KC acts mainly in financial and legal sector negligence claims, with broad experience in the senior courts. He has contributed to several leading texts on the subject of professional negligence.

Thomas Grant KC is a very classy person. He does good contempt-related work.

Thomas Grant KC does plenty of professional negligence work and is an old-school silk.

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Clare Stanley
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Band 3

Clare Stanley KC represents a broad range of professionals in high-value negligence claims, including legal, financial, accountancy and insolvency practitioners. She is often involved in cases featuring highly complex and technical elements, especially in relation to trust law and fraud. She is regularly instructed to act on behalf of high-profile law firms and additionally represents claimants against lawyers.

Clare Stanley KC is an absolute superstar on cross-examinations in difficult circumstances. She gets to grips with a huge amount of information and personalities quickly.

Clare is exactly what you want from a silk in spades: she's a fantastic strategist who is able to stand back from the complexity and plot a course through.

Clare Stanley KC is good at the early stages and rolls with the punches.

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Benjamin Faulkner
4
Band 4

Benjamin Faulkner has notable experience in professional negligence claims concerning the sale of property and pensions advice, among other matters.

Benjamin Faulkner is very bright.

Benjamin Faulkner is excellent. He's very quick and user-friendly.

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Tiffany Scott
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Band 4

Tiffany Scott KC is well regarded for her professional negligence-focused practice. She has experience of the full breadth of the field, having acted for both claimants and defendants in cases involving solicitors, barristers, finance professionals and insurance brokers.

Very good and terribly nice.

Tiffany Scott KC is calm, measured and very practical in her assessment of outcomes. She is meticulous in her preparation and leaves no stone unturned.

Tiffany Scott KC is utterly reliable, incredibly hard-working and never prone to hyperbole.

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Ranked Barristers at
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Silks (KC)

London (Bar)

Professional Negligence
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Ian Croxford KC
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Band 1
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John Wardell KC
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Band 2
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Jonathan Seitler KC
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Band 2
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Paul Newman KC
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Band 2
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Thomas Grant KC
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Band 2
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Clare Stanley KC
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Band 3
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Tiffany Scott KC
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Band 4
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Juniors

London (Bar)

Professional Negligence
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Benjamin Faulkner
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Band 4
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