Posted by : Adrian Parkhouse
| Date posted : 19/04/2011
Protracted professional negligence case results in welcome conclusion for client.
We successfully brought a claim against a client’s former solicitors for negligence in respect of a settlement made with HMRC in 2003. The client was one of several hundred UK companies who filed suits against HMRC, involving a number of test cases in the House of Lords. The issue of negligence stemmed from whether the original solicitors had received the client’s instructions to settle or protect a specific aspect of the claim – its potential entitlement to compensation based on compound rather than simple interest. The difference between the two was £7.65 million, an amount which then formed the basis of our claim.