Professional negligence claims
A dispute between a group or an individual and a financial adviser or tax adviser, where the claimant believes they’ve received poor advice. For example, negligent advice relating to an investment or tax mitigation scheme.
A dispute between a group or individual and a financial services provider. A dispute could be anything from a simple administrative error with serious financial consequences, to a failure by the provider to pay out the correct returns or benefits.
Who we can help and how
Our financial services lawyers advise businesses and individuals on a broad range of financial disputes. Our lawyers understand and have worked successfully in this area of the law. We advise financial services organisations and individuals regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). If you need advice on complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) or the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) we are the experts. Perhaps you need advice regarding an investment loan? We also conduct high value and complex claims for negligence, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and misrepresentation.
FINANCIAL SERVICE DISPUTES
From credit and investments, right through to tax and pensions, the sheer scale, complexity, value and regulatory environment of the financial services sector, make disputes unavoidable and financial services litigation inevitable.
Typical financial service disputes
A financial services dispute is a legal disagreement relating to a financial product, service or provider.
Financial mis-selling claims
This type of dispute can occur between a group or individual and a financial services provider, where the claimant believes they were misled, not made aware of the risks, sold an unsuitable or inadequate product for their needs or received incorrect advice.
For example, the mis-selling of bonds, investments, insurance, loans, pension transfers and interest rate swaps.
Regulatory disputes
These disputes can arise between a financial services provider and an industry regulator such as the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), Pensions Ombudsman, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Our Legal Fees
As is our normal procedure we have a transparent and very competitive pricing structure.
We charge an hourly rate of £240. We always aim to achieve a quick resolution to matters and cap our rates at a level to be determined by the nature of the dispute at hand. Our fees are therefore advisable on assessment.