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Professional Negligence
Submitted by superspring on Tue, 05/07/2019 - 09:08
- Acted for Administrators of an Estate, obtaining judgement and an order for account in the Supreme Court against the deceased's former solicitor
- Acted in a claim for negligence against a large firm of financial advisors, successfully resolving the dispute on the first day of trial
- Successfully defended an accountant in multiple Supreme Court and District Court actions for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty
- Acted for a claimant in District Court proceedings against the client's former solicitor who had gone into business with the client and breached his duties in doing so. Settled the dispute favourably for the client
- Acted successfully for liquidators in negligence proceedings against a finance group's auditors, for failing to detect misappropriation of funds by the group's officers
- Successfully acted for an accountant in defending Supreme Court proceedings alleging breach of fiduciary duties, negligence, breach of contractual obligations and misleading and deceptive conduct
- Acted against a planner in relation to road plans in the development of a shopping centre
- Acted for a financial advisor defending multiple claims in the District and Supreme Court alleging negligence and breach of duty relating to claimed inappropriate investments
- Successfully sued a client's former solicitor for negligent work and failing to meet important deadlines thus causing the client to lose his case
- Obtained indemnity costs orders in the Supreme Court directly against another party's solicitor for his actions in causing wasted costs to our client
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