Cause of Action: Professional Negligence is a succinct overview of professional negligence law in an easy-to-understand format.

Look to Cause of Action: Professional Negligence for step-by-step guidance of the basic issues that arise while pleading a case involving professional negligence, whether from the plaintiff's or defendant's side.

Subjects covered in this new primer include:

Who Is a Professional?
When Is Someone Acting as a Professional?
Civil Liability as Compared to Regulatory and Criminal Liability
Professional Liability as Compared to Professional Negligence
What are the elements of a cause of action for Professional Negligence
What defences can be set up by a defendant to such an action
Related Claims Beyond Negligence (such as Breach of Contract)
Negligent Misrepresentation
Unjust Enrichment
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Claims against Third Parties
Consideration when Drafting Pleadings
Remedies, and more

This book also includes essential guidance and best practices on drafting pleadings either to assert a cause of action or to raise defences to an action, documentary discovery and practical guidance on conducting discoveries. All of this is provided in a succinct format that's easy-to-read and understand, making it an excellent starting point for your research.

Get more efficient at trial preparation, Cause of Action: Professional Negligence contains a set of sample statements of claim as well as statements of defence in different professional negligence situations which illustrate how these actions and defences are pleaded succinctly and effectively. Save time and effort by selecting the relevant information you need whether expert commentary and analysis, sample precedents and pleadings, appendices featuring practical checklists, questions for interviews and discovery, or detailed investigation instructions. Benefit from the expertise of a practitioner with years of experience in professional negligence cases. Get the comfort of knowing the necessary essentials are covered in one source.

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Cause of Action: Professional Negligence, Softbound book

Cause of Action: Professional Negligence, Softbound book