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Overview

Placing your trust in a financial adviser is a major step. Whether you are investing for the future, planning your retirement, or protecting your family’s wealth, you expect advice that is reliable, transparent, and tailored to your needs. Sadly, not all advisers meet the required standards. Negligent financial advice can lead to devastating losses, leaving individuals and businesses facing financial uncertainty.

We specialise in helping clients recover compensation where poor advice has caused financial harm. Our experienced team combines deep sector knowledge with a strong track record of success in complex professional negligence claims.

What is financial adviser negligence?

Financial adviser negligence occurs when an adviser fails to act with the care and skill expected of their profession, resulting in financial loss. This may involve unsuitable investments, pension mis-selling, or failure to provide clear information about the risks involved.

Common examples of negligent financial advice include:

  • Recommending high-risk investments that were unsuitable for your circumstances.
  • Advising on pension transfers without properly assessing long-term financial security.
  • Failing to explain fees, risks, or alternative options clearly.
  • Mis-selling financial products such as bonds, insurance, or trusts.

If you suspect you have received negligent advice, it is important to seek specialist legal advice promptly.

Our expertise in financial negligence claims

We are recognised as one of the UK’s leading firms in professional negligence claims. Our specialist team has acted in high-value and high-profile cases against both regulated and unregulated financial advisers.

Our experience includes claims involving:

  • Pension mis-selling and unsuitable transfers from defined benefit schemes.
  • Negligent investment advice, including unregulated and high-risk products.
  • Tax avoidance schemes later investigated by HMRC.
  • Inheritance and retirement planning advice that failed to meet client objectives.
  • Group claims on behalf of multiple investors affected by the same negligent scheme.

We have successfully recovered millions of pounds in compensation for clients, often against well-known firms and institutions.

Key contact

Abigail Flanagan

Partner

Abigail Flanagan joined the dispute resolution team in 2005 and became a Partner in May 2022. Abbie specialises in procurement, professional negligence claims (mainly against solicitors, accountancy practitioners and other finance professionals), general commercial litigation matters (including warranty, contractual and director/shareholder disputes) and insolvency matters.

Why choose us?

Choosing the right legal team is essential when pursuing a claim against a financial adviser. Clients choose us because:

  • Our professional negligence team are tier 1 ranked in the Legal 500.
  • We offer unique FCA-regulated insight, with our own team of independent financial advisers regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, we understand compliance obligations first-hand and use that knowledge to strengthen your claim.
  • Our lawyers are specialists, not generalists, we focus on professional negligence and have in-depth knowledge of financial products.
  • We are results-driven, securing favourable settlements through negotiation, mediation, the Financial Ombudsman Service, and court proceedings.
  • We provide clear, practical advice, guiding you through your options at every stage.

Legal expertise backed by FCA regulation

We are not only specialists in pursuing claims against negligent financial advisers, we also have our own independent financial advisers team, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This gives us a unique perspective: we understand the compliance standards advisers must meet and can quickly identify when those duties have been breached. Our regulatory knowledge strengthens your case and ensures we know exactly what is required to prove negligence.

Your questions answered

Any conduct that falls below professional standards and causes you financial loss – such as unsuitable investments, pension mis-selling, or failure to explain risks.

There are time limits that apply to bringing a claim in professional negligence. Generally, if you wish to pursue a professional negligence claim it must be brought within six years from the date of the breach of contract (in a claim for breach of contract), or within six years from the date when the damage is suffered (in a negligence claim). However, these time limits can vary depending on various factors such as but not limited to, when a claimant ought to have become aware of the negligence.

The rules relating to limitation can be complex and full of pitfalls. Bringing your claim within the relevant “limitation” period is the essential first step to bringing a successful claim. It is therefore important to seek legal advice as early as possible to ensure that you are able to bring a claim.

A damages claim can be pursued to restore you to the financial position you would have been in had the negligent advice not been given.

Yes. In many cases we can offer flexible funding options, including no win, no fee agreements, subject to assessment of your case.

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