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Our civil litigaton lawyers deal with compensation claims for surveyors professional negligence which has involved financial loss. Our solicitors do not deal with complaints of bad attitude, inadequate service, poor administration or erroneous procedures which should be directed towards the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or the National Association of Valuers and Surveyors (NAVA). These organisations mainly deal with discipline but are not able to offer a method of claiming compensation in the law courts for surveyors professional negligence which remains the remit of lawyers.
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It should be noted that surveyors offer several different levels of service which vary, not only in price but also in the degree of examination of the property concerned. A member of the public should not expect a full structural survey if they have only paid for a visual examination. The most basic survey will merely identify the most obvious defects and may not even run to lifting carpets or considering a loft which has difficult access. Even a full structural survey may be qualified and not include examination of foundations or other items that are difficult to access without the expenditure of substantial sums. Before considering any surveyors professional negligence claim, a civil litigation solicitor will need to consider the original agreement between the surveyor and the client to establish exactly which items were covered for examination.
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To succeed in a surveyors professional negligence claim it is necessary to show the existence of a duty of care and thereafter to prove that negligence has caused financial loss. The normal client relationship is usually sufficient to prove the existence of a duty of care which may be breached by negligence in failure to exercise reasonable skill and care. Thereafter it must be established that direct financial loss has be caused which is foreseeable and not remote from the negligent act.
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Our solicitors deal with surveyors professional negligence claims using the no win no fee scheme. You do not have to fund or finance you claim. If you would free advice on the viability of a potential claim from an experienced civil litigation solicitor just complete the contact form or use the helpline.