All professions, including solicitors, can make mistakes.

When things have gone seriously wrong caused by your solicitor's negligence, it may not be easy for your former lawyer to admit it and settle with you for insurance reasons. Perhaps your solicitor who helped you buy your property did not tell you something which you have now discovered makes the value of your property worth considerably less or you have lost out considerably in a badly drafted contract.

Trying to sort out the problem on your own can be stressful, time consuming and the financial risks of dealing with it, without independent legal advice, can be considerable.

Perhaps you've tried to resolve the problem with your solicitor and that hasn’t worked, or your solicitor has told you to find another solicitor as they now have a conflict of interest in acting for you.

You may have complained to the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors (OSS) but have not got far in obtaining redress.

No criticism is intended of the OSS. It is just that is a body not specifically geared to deciding negligence allegations against solicitors, rather in general it investigations focus on other allegations of the failings of solicitors.
The OSS does not generally try to substitute the judgment of the Courts or prejudice a solicitor’s insurance company’s right to defend their insured.

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You might risk being out of time to recover compensation, if you delay seeking independent legal advice or your compensation may be reduced or disallowed if you have not, "Mitigated your loss."

If you are in this position, you may not appreciate the full size of your financial loss and potential compensation recovery, unless you have taken experienced legal advice on the value and merits of your complaint.

Clients sometimes deliberately choose a lawyer to represent them from outside their own local legal community, to avoid possible embarrassment and near certainty that the lawyer representing them does not know their previous solicitor.

Bradwell and Co Solicitors have considerable experience in acting on behalf of claimants in solicitor's negligence cases. Julie Bradwell Solicitor is a member of the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors Professional Negligence Panel.

For advice please contact Julie Bradwell

Please note whether we can help you depends on the facts. If you are not sure that your solicitor is responsible for a serious mistake, we might be able to advise you.

Bradwell & Co Solicitors a law firm experienced in bringing legal cases against solicitors.