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Letter of claim—negligent misstatement by accountant
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PrecedentsLetter of claim—negligent misstatement by accountant
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Precedents[ON THE HEADED NOTEPAPER OF CLAIMANT’S SOLICITORS]
Our ref: [insert your file reference for this matter]
FAO: [INSERT RELEVANT NAME]
[NAME OF Defendant OR DEFENDANT’S SOLICITOR IF KNOWN]
[ADDRESS LINE 1]
[ADDRESS LINE 2]
[POSTCODE]
[DATE]
Dear [insert name]
[PROSPECTIVE CLAIMANT’S NAME] AND [PROSPECTIVE DEFENDANT’S NAME]
LETTER OF CLAIM
[We write further to our letter dated [insert date of your preliminary notice of claim, if sent].
That letter was a preliminary notice of claim sent pursuant to the Pre-action Protocol for Professional Negligence, and required an acknowledgment by [insert date].]
[We are in receipt of your letter dated [insert date] acknowledging receipt of the preliminary notice. [However, we await confirmation that your professional insurers have been advised of the circumstances of our client’s claim against you. We also request that you pass a copy of this letter to them, and confirm to us that you have done so.]]
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Overview and basis of claim
1.1
[As you know, we OR We] act on behalf of [insert client’s full name].
1.2
We are instructed that in or around [insert
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