Stephen Burns leads the team at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, advising on disputes arising from negligent professional advice across property, estates and trust matters. Joe Edwards focuses on conveyancing and investment-related disputes, including failures to report redevelopment risks, defective overage arrangements and negligent advice on high-risk property schemes, often involving alleged unlawful collective investment structures. David Haines advises on property-related negligence, including surveyor failures to identify subsidence, defective home survey reports and structural defects requiring major remedial works. The practice also handles claims against executors and trustees, including allegations of devastavit, breach of trust and accounting errors in estate administration. Duncan Elson is also recommended for his experience in this area.

Cripps’ professional negligence practice is led by Pradeep Oliver, who advises individuals and corporates on disputes arising from negligent legal, tax and financial advice, including insurance coverage issues and defective drafting of commercial agreements. The practice also assists with claims involving investment structures, particularly those engaging risks under section 235 of FSMA. Sophie Walsh advises on claims against conveyancers and financial advisers, with a focus on failures to identify investment risk and deficiencies in estate planning. Tristam Razzell acts for financial institutions in pension-related disputes, including negligent transfer advice and regulatory compliance, highlighting the group’s strength in financial services negligence.

Led by Clare Bellis, Caroline Watson and William Richmond-Coggan, Freeths LLP‘s team advises clients on a broad range of disputes arising from negligent legal, financial and commercial advice. The practice assists with claims involving insurance coverage and negligent misrepresentation. Bellis focuses on property and estate-related matters, including mismanagement and subsidence-related coverage issues. Watson advises individuals on claims against solicitors and financial advisers, often involving limitation, breach of contract and negligent tax advice. Richmond-Coggan assists with disputes, including failures in IT infrastructure services and issues arising from inadequately drafted contractual arrangements.

At Moore Barlow, Claire Haverfield and David Foster jointly lead the team advising on disputes arising from negligent professional advice in property, estates and commercial matters. The practice handles claims involving surveyor error, defective transactional advice and insurance coverage issues. Haverfield concentrates on property disputes, including alleged failures to identify defects prior to sales and joint-venture-related claims. Foster focuses on estate and probate disputes, including negligent execution of wills and executor issues. Andrew Reid advises on overvaluation and insurance-linked claims, while Esther Millard handles conveyancing and litigation negligence, reflecting the group’s varied professional liability caseload.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP’s professional negligence offering is led by James Robins, who advises on disputes involving barristers, insurers and other professionals. The practice handles claims arising from alleged negligent advocacy, wasted costs, and litigation strategy, as well as failures in insurance broker advice for business clients. Robins also advises on immigration and pension-related misadvice, and defends engineering design claims concerning alleged structural defects, reflecting a broad professional liability caseload.

Michael Colledge, co-practice head at Blake Morgan LLP, handles claims involving investment schemes challenged by HMRC, trust validity issues, failures in financial remedy drafting, insurance, and employment-related negligence. The practice also acts in property disputes involving defective amendments, loss of security of tenure and transactional errors. Elin Walker supports claims concerning pension scheme administration and conveyancing negligence, including failures to properly implement scheme changes and protect client interests in insolvency-related property transactions.

DMH Stallard LLP’s practice is led by David Bailey and Simon Elcock and advises clients on disputes arising from negligent legal advice across property, transactional and commercial matters. Bailey handles claims involving conveyancing errors, defective divorce and financial settlement advice, missed charges on re-mortgages, and failures in drafting and security documentation. The practice also advises on limitation issues and pension misallocation in divorce proceedings. Elcock focuses on litigation negligence, including missed court deadlines in planning challenges. The team further handles claims involving defective advice on development security, restrictive covenants and loss of security interests in commercial property transactions.

Dentons.

Duncan Lewis Solicitors handles claims arising from negligent professional services, including defective lease preparation, broker negligence, and insolvency-related disputes. Practice heads Anthony Okumah, Sunil Patel, and Nazhat Ditta lead the work. Patel advises on claims against law firms concerning revisionary leases, while Ditta assists with the recovery of insured losses following broker negligence. Okumah focuses on claims against solicitors, barristers, and accountants, as well as bankruptcy proceedings.

Legal Risk LLP.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP advises on disputes involving negligent advice by banks and professional advisers, often in fraud contexts. The team handles claims against financial institutions for failures in payment processing, including inadequate fraud warnings and delays in fund recalls. Charlie Shillito advises on claims against solicitors and accountants, including negligent tax and transactional advice. Sophie Newman focuses on claims by banks and legal advisers arising from fraud-related losses.