Professional Negligence Claims
Frequently asked questions
How we can help you?
Can I claim for professional negligence?
Can I claim for professional negligence?
If you have engaged a professional person or a firm or company which provides professional services and you paid for advice, work to be done, service or treatment which has left you dissatisfied, financially worse off or caused you to suffer a financial loss or injury, you may have a claim.
You may have a claim for breach of contract. You may also have a claim against the professional for negligence.
To establish or prove the negligence claim, we must be able to show that:
- (a) the professional you engaged owed you a duty of care; and
- (b) the professional breached the duty of care which was owed to you; and
- (c) as a result of the breach of duty of care, you have suffered loss and damage.
There may be other potential causes of action or ways to approach the claim which we can discuss when we know more about the facts and the likely evidence in the case.
What can I claim for?
What can I claim for?
The aim and objective of the claim and the legal system is to place you back the same or similar financial position you would be in right now had the professional not been negligent and/or not breached the contract with you.
In other words, but for the negligence or breach of contract, what would be your financial position right now? The assessment or calculation of the compensation involves some degree of estimation and speculation and this is why expert legal advice is critical which is where we can assist as have the experience and expertise.
We can advise you in greater detail about precisely what you can and can’t claim for when we are across all the facts and the evidence regarding your claim.