Your challenges
Even the best managed business can find itself involved in disputes from time to time. From something simple like an unpaid invoice, to more complex issues such as product recalls, boardroom disputes, trade mark infringement or commercial fraud, you may need assistance to achieve a favourable outcome.
Achieving your ambitions
If you find yourself embroiled in a commercial dispute, you will benefit from our significant expertise in High Court and County Court litigation, arbitration, negotiation and mediation. Armed with specialist knowledge, tactical skills and commercial awareness, we look for creative and cost effective solutions designed to minimise the potential damage to your business.
We have achieved outstanding results for all sorts of clients in a wide variety of cases. Our recent experience includes disputes arising from mergers and acquisitions, partnership breakdown, contractual claims, fraud, product liability, intellectual property infringement, professional negligence, agricultural and environmental issues, defamation, insolvency and judicial review. Our customised commercial case assessment package (Insight) enables us to identify the critical issues at an early stage, focus on the commercial needs of the client and provide an accurate estimate of the overall costs so that there are no surprises. A template for Insight is also downloadable from this page.
The strength you need
You will be supported by a commercial disputes team consisting of four partners and thirteen solicitors, who will be aiming to secure you the best possible outcome. Across the firm, we have over 100 litigators, including specialists in construction and real estate disputes, insurance, healthcare, employment, education and regulatory matters, representing one of the largest litigation groups in the UK.
We are well versed in the various litigation funding options available to mitigate or neutralise the cost and risk of litigation, including after the event insurance to cover the risk of having to pay your opponent's legal costs, conditional fee agreements providing for "no win, no cost" to you and third party funding for appropriate cases. A guide to litigation funding options can be downloaded from this page.
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Lawyers you can trust
"A first rate practice." Chambers UK
"This commercial litigation department is an obvious choice of counsel on the largest and most complicated cases." Chambers UK
“The Birmingham team … really stands out … Steve Allen has accumulated a vast amount of commercial dispute resolution experience over the years.” Chambers UK
“Clients laud highly rated partners Graeme Menzies and Jamie Wheatley and the strong team of associates…including Helen Prandy and Robert Renfree.” Legal 500
"Rachel Higgs remains at the top of the table ... commentators praise her as a first rate litigator: she's tenacious, experienced and does her best for clients." Chambers UK
Useful websites:
Her Majesty's Courts Service
The London Court of International Arbitration
Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution