31 · Litigation and arbitration · Professions réglementées
Professional liability
What assistance changes in this practice, what it does not change, and the time reduction actually observed.
Where the gain is real
Reconstruction of the file as it stood before the professional, checking of the diligence owed, loss of chance analysis.
Where it is slight or nil
Disciplinary hearings, dealings with the professional body, peer expert evidence.
Observed time
−44% at constant case scope, on cases closed over the last three financial years. This measure says nothing about the quality of the outcome.
What the practice covers
- Reconstruction of the file as it stood before the professional concerned
- Checking of compliance with the diligence and standards owed
- Loss of chance and causation analysis
- Review of engagement letters, reservations and warnings given
- Interaction between the civil claim, disciplinary proceedings and insurance