Osborne Clarke LLP
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England - South West • Insurance
Osborne Clarke LLP
Accountancy and financial services, construction and real estate, as well as pensions are central pillars for Osborne Clarke LLP‘s professional negligence practice. Acting on behalf of both claimants and defendants, the team sports extensive expertise in regard to FCA and regulatory matters. Accountants and clients in the financial sector turn to Tom Ellis for his longstanding experience in defending them against professional negligence claims. Charles Crowne and associate director Katherine King are also key contacts for financial services litigation in addition to pension disputes.
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Testimonials
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‘OC are a very strong professional negligence practice, with particularly strong experience in defending accountancy firms in professional negligence claims.’
‘Tom Ellis and Tom Frapwell are strong individuals, great to work with from counsel's perspective, and with good knowledge of the sector.’
Key clients
- PwC LLP
- ARA Europe
- BDW Trading Ltd
- Scottish Widows
- Grant Thornton
- The Pension Protection Fund
- Sotheby's
Work highlights
- Acted for PwC in defending a professional negligence claim brought against it in the Royal Court of Guernsey by a fund and its manager for which PwC acted as auditor.
- Acted for BDW Trading Limited in a TCC multiparty litigation claim against two consultants (Design2E Limited and IDOM Merebrook Limited) and one sub-consultant (HM Geotechnics) for the failure to supervise and review the groundwork operations at a site which was formerly occupied by a quarry.
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