Broker Pound Gates faces professional negligence suit from nurseries unable to claim for pandemic closures
Around 70 childcare nurseries that were unable to claim for losses incurred during the pandemic have joined a prospective class action planning to take legal action against their insurance broker.
The nurseries, which are being represented by the law firm Fieldfisher, intend to sue Pound Gates for professional negligence. The total number of nurseries in the class action is expected to reach
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