BOBBY FRIEDMAN
Call: 2011
+44 (0)20 7306 0102bfriedman@wilberforce.co.uk
Professional Liability
Bobby has significant experience of professional liability matters generally, acting both as sole counsel and as a junior. He has particular experience of finance-related disputes.
Recent cases include:
- Acting for the claimant, that was provided with allegedly incorrect financial modelling by a major accountancy firm prior to entering into an SPA (settled, 2020).
- Acting as sole counsel for the administrator of a SSAS in a High Court professional liability claim with a headline value of many millions of pounds (Hague v Rowanmoor).
- Acting as sole counsel for a defendant financial adviser in a High Court claim worth many millions of pounds (settled shortly before trial, 2020).
- Acting (as a junior) for an international corporation bringing High Court proceedings against a major law firm for negligent advice.
- Acting for a company bringing a claim against solicitors for negligent drafting of a share purchase agreement.
- Acting for a barrister resisting a High Court claim concerning allegedly negligent advice.
- Advising a member of a SSAS in respect of potential breaches of trust.
- Acting for a Sipp provider in respect of allegedly negligent advice.
- Advising and acting for a member of a pension scheme whose pension had been incorrectly applied.
- Advising and acting for the administrators of a pension scheme in a professional negligence claim.
- Acting for solicitors defending a professional negligence claim.
- Acting for the claimant in a claim arising for negligent financial advice.