The law and the courts
Financial advice negligence
Case notes on claims about negligent financial advice.
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- Financial advice negligence
Financial advice bar set high: court upholds $1.1 m naivety payout over injury damages mis-spend
A financial planner has lost his appeal against an order that he pay compensation to a motor accident victim for failing to warn her against over-spending her injury compensation funds.
- Financial advice negligence
Injury settlement funds depleted, victim recovers financial loss from advisor
A financial planner whose too “low key” investment advice to a seriously injured motor accident victim resulted in her funds being depleted has been ordered by a court to pay compensation for the financial loss she sustained.
Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.
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