Professional Negligence

Do you think you received too little compensation?
Did you lose your claim unexpectedly?
Did your lawyer miss a time limit?
Or are you unhappy with your current solicitor?

Hugh James act on behalf of individuals who want to pursue a negligence action as a result of poorly handled legal claims.

We have often recovered compensation for clients who have suffered a loss at the hands of negligent lawyers.

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How Hugh James can help

If you are unfortunate enough to experience poor service from a bad lawyer, or receive bad legal advice, you may have the right to seek compensation. Our professional can advise you as to the best way of resolving the matter.

It does not matter whether you paid for the advice or not (and this includes both a free interview and the more formal "No win - No fee" arrangement in which the solicitor is only paid by the client if the case is won), good advice is the solicitor’s duty.

Many people still think that one solicitor will not bring a claim against another solicitor. There are still some solicitors, who believe that is exactly as it should be, but for our part we are quite prepared to pursue claims against solicitors, and we will always seek to give you the best possible advice.

Hugh James professional negligence experience

We are representing clients who were not advised that they had to bring a claim for compensation arising out of their foreign road accident earlier than they would do here so that they lost the opportunity to recover their compensation. We are now suing their lawyers.

We are representing clients who lost their case at trial because their lawyers failed to properly represent them in investigating and presenting their claim to the court.

Claiming for professional negligence

Legal professional negligence claims arise for a number of reasons but most commonly because inadequate legal advice or service has been provided by solicitors – for example, a claim has been settled at an undervalue or time limits have been missed which means that the claim cannot go ahead.

If you wish to pursue a professional negligence claim then you will need to show that your former solicitor acted in a way that no reasonably competent solicitor would have done.

You will be claiming against your original solicitors for the loss of the opportunity to successfully obtain compensation from your personal injury claim. You therefore need to show that your original case would have had a chance of success if the case had gone to trial.

If you think that your claim has been mishandled then you need expert advice as soon as possible. If advice is sought early enough, it may not be too late to revive the personal injury claim rather than considering a claim against your former solicitors, which may result in a better outcome for you.

Normally you will have six years from the date of the error by your original solicitors to either settle your claim or issue Court proceedings. If you fail to do this then your claim may be prevented by legislation from going any further. You should seek legal advice as quickly as possible