A claim can be brought against any person who holds themselves out as a professional extorting themselves as having a particular skill or expertise in an area. This would include lawyers, doctors, engineers and accountants for example.

In an event that a client engages a professional and as a result of that professional’s conduct the client suffers loss or damages then the client may have available to them a professional negligence claim. In order to successfully prosecute a professional negligence claim it must be established to the court’s satisfaction that the professional was negligent.