Professional Liability
Mariusz been involved in professional liability claims across a variety of different professions including auctioneers, insurance brokers, managing agents, solicitors, architects and other construction professionals.
Examples of Mariusz’s work include:
Solicitors
- Defending solicitors in a £100,000+ claim concerning the payment of conveyancing money directly to the beneficiary under a discretionary trust, rather than into the trust account.
- Defending solicitors in a claim for loss of a chance, concerning allegations of negligence against the defendant firm regarding the choice of defendants and causes of action.
- Defending solicitors against allegations of breach of undertakings, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of trust in connection with their involvement in the proposed purchase of a commercial development.
- Advising and drafting a claim against solicitors with regards to their involvement in a fraudulently obtained bridging loan secured by a charge on the claimant’s property (as a pupil).
- Advising solicitors on liability following the sale of a property under a fraudulently executed power of attorney, raising issues of breach of duty, breach of trust, breach of undertaking, and breach of warranty of authority (as a pupil).
Construction Professionals
- The Grenfell Tower Litigation: Mariusz acts, as part of a team led by Andrew Rigney KC, in respect of civil claims arising out of the Grenfell Tower Fire.
- Acting for an architect in an adjudication concerning the design and contract administration of concrete works in the development of a new tram terminal.
- Advising consulting engineers as to the contractual and tortious duties owed by them in respect of issues of defective design and delay in connection with a major development (as a pupil).
Insurance Brokers
- Defending a claim against an insurance broker alleging a failure to effect insurance to cover loss of rent and legal expenses in connection with a commercial property portfolio.
Miscellaneous
- Defending letting agents in a High Court claim following a failed attempt by a landlord to obtain possession of a property by way of a notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1998.
- Defending a claim brought against a real estate auctioneer concerning the information contained in the auction catalogue.
- Defending a claim arising out of the answers provided by the defendant to enquiries contained in a CON29 Drainage and Water Report.
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View full profile »Awards
- Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2018)
- BPTC Advocacy Scholarship, BPP University (2018)
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Qualifications
- MA in Law, University of Cambridge, Downing College
- LLM Commercial Law (Distinction), London School of Economics and Political Science
- BPTC, BPP Law School
Memberships
- PNBA
- TECBAR
