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Professional negligence

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Shakespeare Martineau LLP

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Shakespeare Martineau LLP’s professional negligence team predominantly acts for claimants, pursuing claims against a range of professionals including solicitors, accountants, barristers, pension trustees, and surveyors. Mark Beesley leads the team, specialising in high-value claims against IFAs, solicitors, and accountants. Michael Young is experienced in complex negligence claims involving property and finance, acting for clients ranging from individuals to blue-chip companies. James Woolstenhulme has expertise in contractual professional negligence and corporate disputes, particularly shareholder and procurement-related matters.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Excellent team of professional negligence lawyers. Strong client care with technical excellence.’

  • ‘Michael Young is very experienced and technically very able.’

  • ‘Shakespeare Martineau are a very capable regional practice with a wide range of expertise in professional liability claims. They provide an excellent service.'

  • ‘Michael Young is a stand-out individual. He is a very diligent and commercially-aware solicitor who is industrious, well-informed, and determined. A very capable litigator and a pleasure to work with.’

  • ‘Shakespeare Martineau provide an experienced and pragmatic service. ’

  • ‘Michael Young is a stand-out individual with whom I have worked on several high value matters. Extremely calm and with great 'client whisperer' skills combined with a pragmatic commercial approach. ’

Key clients

  • Instarmac Plc
  • Voestalpine Metsec Plc
  • Legal Insurance Management

Work highlights

Acting for the owner of Instarmac PLC in relation to recovery of loan notes and investment monies owed by multi-defendant entities.
Acted for Metsec in relation to correcting pensions positions for employees after it came to light that negligent application/misapplication of terms by a scheme provider had resulted in incorrect payments being administered.
Acting for an individual injured whilst on holiday in Italy, whose personal injury claim was then struck out due to the defendant not progressing.

Practice head

Mark Beesley

Other key lawyers

Michael Young; James Woolstenhulme