Procrastination Risk is widespread Historically, real estate practice represents the greatest risk. In 1999, approximately 35 per cent of claim costs were attributed to real estate claims. Firms with a high ratio of support staff to lawyers are more claims-prone.
New lawyers generate fewer claims.
Those in practice for less than three years generally have a better claims experience than those in practice for a longer period. As well, errors made by new lawyers tend to be more of an administrative nature rather than with respect to conflicts of interest or client relations. Lawyers with multiple claims tend to commit the same or similar error in each claim.