The Stresses And Strains Of Litigation

Being a party to litigation can be stressful.  This is so whether you're the claimant or the defender.  It would be impossible to expect that either party would exit the process feeling that it had been completely stress-free.  In a recent High Court case the question came under scrutiny.

In Guney v Kingsley Napley [2016] EWHC 2349 (QB) the claimants were suing their former solicitors for professional negligence.  Kingsley Napley had acted for the family of the late millionaire businessman Ramadan Guney. They had faced a claim for financial provision brought by his former partner and their child.  The claimants alleged that, had they been properly advised, they would have settled the claim much earlier, saving themselves from increased costs.