In 2012 a case was heard that had an important impact on the future of claims for real estate negligence. Continue reading →

There is a reason why we hire a professional: the expectation of specialist knowledge and skills that will ensure a job or service is performed to a professional standard. This simple fact applies to letting agents as much as those in other professions. As such, if the management of your property has been substandard or negligent and you, as landlord, have suffered financial loss, it may be worth pursuing a letting agent negligence claim with our solicitors. Continue reading →

Contact us today if you feel you have been let down by your estate agent.  We offer free initial advice on your claim and if you do wish to proceed we offer a “No Win No Fee” service in a form of a Conditional Fee Agreement.

Real estate agents do not enjoy an unblemished reputation – however, this does not mean that each one is dishonest, misleading or negligent. In fact, most provide a good, honest service, but some do make mistakes, and whether a mistake has been made through incompetence or malpractice, if a buyer, seller or landlord suffers financial loss as a result, a suitably qualified professional negligence solicitor may be able to help the client claim compensation. Continue reading →

When property prices fall and people, investors and lenders lose money, there is an inevitable surge in professional negligence claims against surveyors, valuers and estate agents.

But the fact of financial loss is, in itself, not grounds for a negligence claim. During the property market crashes of the 1980s and early 1990s many claimants discovered this to their detriment – the inability of a valuation professional to foresee a general crash or decline in market conditions can by no means be considered negligence. Continue reading →

Auctioneers normally have a duty of care to both seller and buyer, and although auctioneer negligence claims are a highly specialised area of law which require expert knowledge, in cases where there has been a breach of this duty of care and financial loss has arisen as a result, a professional negligence lawyer may be able to help secure appropriate financial redress. Continue reading →

Aside from the aesthetic value of owning an artwork, purchasing art can also be a way of making a financial investment or securing wealth. Similarly, selling a work of art, whether a painting, sculpture or piece of furniture, can be a way of raising funds.

However, in order ensure a wise and informed purchase or sale of an artwork it may be necessary to obtain a professional valuation in order to proceed with confidence. A professional valuation should be carried out with a proper degree of care and skill – where this is not the case and financial loss is sustained as a result, it may be worth talking to a specialist in art valuation negligence claims.

The process of establishing negligence in art valuation cases can be very difficult. An incorrect valuation is not necessarily a negligent one. After all, an artwork is worth only as much as someone is prepared to pay for it and sometimes it can be impossible to predict market forces. Determining what constitutes ‘negligence’ in valuation negligence cases will invariably require expert legal help. Continue reading →

A quantity surveyor is essential to almost any well-managed building project –  by providing detailed analysis and estimates of building and engineering-related costs quantity surveyors can keep costs low and projects in-hand, ensuring both tight schedules and value for money.

However, in the event that quantity surveyors act careless or negligent projects may run over time and costs can spiral over budget, and in such circumstances it may be advisable to proceed with a quantity surveyor professional negligence claim.

Quantity surveyors are sometimes also referred to as construction costs managers, project managers or commercial managers – however, these differences in title are unlikely to have any impact on a professional’s potential liability. Continue reading →

In making a professional negligence claim for negligent valuation services , a number of key issues will need to be addressed.

Among these are the issues of proof relating to duty of care owed by the valuer, breach of that duty and consequent financial loss. Continue reading →

If you are looking to make a claim for professional negligence against a surveyor it is worth remembering that there are three different types of survey report and that for each of these different reports there is a different duty of care. Continue reading →

If you are dissatisfied with some aspect of the service provided by your surveyor, it is important to remember that making formal complaints against these professionals is often relatively straightforward.

In fact, all firms in Brighton and the rest of the UK are obliged to have in-house measures to deal with complaints. Furthermore, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has rules of conduct in place to ensure that firms deal with a grievance in a just and timely manner. Continue reading →