Commercial Disputes
Working with you to identify and advise on your options - and
providing you with information on costs and funding, time-scale and
likely outcome - enables informed decisions to be made concerning
the way forward.
Commercial disputes can often be avoided if advice is taken at the contract stage. Services include comprehensive advice on the drafting and negotiating of contracts. The aim is to ensure the resolution of commercial disputes. When this is not possible, all necessary steps will be taken to ensure the protection of our clients' interests.
Speed is often essential and where necessary actions will be taken to preserve assets, rights and reputation.
The dispute resolution department has significant experience of litigation and arbitration proceedings in the following areas:
- Business and Share acquisition disputes
- Commercial contracts
- Companies Act disputes e.g. shareholder disputes
- Debt Recovery
- Employment
- Environment
- Franchise disputes
- Health and Safety compliance
- Information and Technology disputes
- Insolvency
- Insurance disputes
- Intellectual property
- International
- Professional negligence
- Property Litigation
- Warranty claims
Quick Guide on How to Handle a Dispute
This checklist sets out the actions your business should take when a dispute or potential dispute arises. It applies to any dispute or incident, whether started by you or brought against you (for example, a dispute with a trading partner or a prosecution by a regulatory body).
Intellectual Property Disputes
The IP team have experience in all types of intellectual property disputes including infringement of trademarks, design rights, patents, copyright and other moral rights, passing off and protection of goodwill and reputation, misuse of data and other confidential information.