Members of chambers have a wide range of experience and expertise in professional negligence matters. We are regularly instructed to act for and against individuals and corporate entities across the full range of professions including solicitors, barristers, auditors, accountants, surveyors, architects, engineers, financial intermediaries, insolvency practitioners and auctioneers.

Our members frequently specialise in professional negligence and another area of law, enabling us to provide an enviable depth and breadth of expertise in professional negligence claims. Individual members are frequently ranked as leading juniors in professional negligence in the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories.

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We act regularly in matters arising from solicitors’ and barristers’ negligence. Typical examples range from mistakes drafting legal documents such as missing beneficiary testamentary cases to the negligent conduct of litigation or failures in legal advice. Our renowned expertise in other substantive areas of law, including employment law, land and property law, personal injury, public law, commercial and insolvency law, is a particular strength when instructed on specialist cases. Notable cases have included a failed multi-jurisdictional debt push-down scheme in Symrise v Baker & McKenzie.

Accountants, Auditors and Tax Advisors

Claims against accountants and auditors are a core area of our practice. Recent cases include a failure to follow standard accountancy practices compiling a company’s accounts and failing to advise on the tax treatment of foreign pensions. Many members have civil fraud expertise which is a particular asset when instructed in cases involving an auditors’ failure to identify management or other fraud.

Surveyors, architects and other construction professionals

We have substantial experience of disputes involving surveyors, architects and other construction professionals. Such disputes range from substantial engineering or structural disputes to typical householder disputes over negligent surveys or valuations of their property.

Medical Professionals

We have a number of members of chambers who are experienced in clinical negligence actions and disciplinary proceedings against medical professionals. Some of our work also has a cross-border dimension.

Insolvency Professionals

Chambers’ prominent insolvency expertise makes it a natural set for professional negligence claims with an insolvency dimension, particularly claims against administrators, liquidators and other insolvency practitioners and professionals. Recent cases include One Blackfriars Ltd

Financial and Other Intermediaries

Claims against financial intermediaries, such as mortgage brokers, insurance brokers and financial advisers, form a substantial part of chambers’ practice. Notable cases include a Court of Appeal case on mis-selling of pensions Williams v (i) Lishman and others

Professional Negligence barristers

Peter Knox KC

Call: 1983Silk: 2006

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Tom Poole KC

Call: 2001Silk: 2021

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Andrew Young

Andrew Young

Call: 1977

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William Evans

Call: 1977 (England & Wales) 2010 (BVI)

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Pierre Janusz

Call: 1979

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Richard Samuel

Call: 1996

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Robert Strang

Call: 2003

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James Hawkins

Call: 2003

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Asela Wijeyaratne

Call: 2008

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Stephen Hackett

Stephen Hackett

Call: 2011

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Charlotte Pope-Williams

Charlotte Pope-Williams

Call: 2011

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Andrew Barns-Graham

Call: 2011

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Jas Jandu

Call: 2014 (Barrister) | 2004 (Solicitor)

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Emily Moore

Call: 2016

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James Gale

Call: 2016

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Georgia Purnell

Call: 2018

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Samuel McNeil

Call: 2018

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Adam Riley

Call: 2018

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Katharine Bailey

Call: 2019

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Nicholas Leah

Call: 2022

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Tabitha Hutchison

Call: 2022

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Anna Gatrell

Call: 2023

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Toby Eales

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Frazer Gale-Sinclair

Practice Manager

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