Little is as likely to rile high-flying achievers as raising questions over their professional competence. So it is not surprising that negligence claims against professionals such as solicitors and accountants – claims with the potential to cause untold reputational damage to individuals and organisations alike – number among the most fiercely contested of cases.
Such claims generate mainstream interest like few others, although in the instance of the mammoth claim by Equitable Life against accountancy giant Ernst & Young – a trial which drew to a close last year having originally been valued at some £2.6bn – that much is perhaps unsurprising.
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