We are specialists in dispute resolution acting in all courts and appeal courts as well as regularly representing clients in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration and adjudication.

Our ethos is to provide commercial and practical advice that enables our clients to resolve their disputes as quickly and as effectively as possible. Chambers & Partners (2009 Edn.) describes us as "efficient and high quality". We identify at an early stage the prospects of success in any case, the potential cost implications to our clients and the best forum to resolve the dispute.

We are also prepared to discuss fee structures with our clients and frequently use detailed case budgeting so that our clients can clearly weigh up the effect of a dispute on their own budgets, and the projected time the case will last. Our commercial approach is recommended in Chambers & Partners (2009 Edn) which recognises that we are "… always looking at the bigger picture and doing their best to keep costs low", whilst the Legal 500 (2009 Edn), describes us as "truly excellent ... always lays out the costs first, and very pragmatic in its advice on a case in terms of costs verses benefit".

We are also experienced in dealing with potential adverse publicity that can arise from a party being involved in a dispute and our advice is always mindful of wider implications that can arise.

We are always happy to have a no obligation discussion at the outset of the dispute to see how we may be able to assist. We often provide behind the scenes advice to clients in the early stages of a dispute to ensure that matters get off on the right footing.

Examples of how we have been able to help our clients are set out below:

• Judgement obtained in the High Court on behalf of construction company for unpaid fees due on £1 million construction project, successfully defending counterclaim for allegedly defective works.
• A multi million shareholder dispute regarding regarding the ownership of a well known privately owned High Street retail business and ancillary advice
• A technical and contractual dispute in relation to a coal recovery project that resulted in a long running High Court trial. The case also went to the Court of Appeal
• Successfully obtained judgment in the High Court for substantial damages for breach of contract for sale of company as well as successfully defending a counterclaim by Defendant for £0.4m.
• Successfully defended our client company in a multi-party claim made against it for £0.3m in the Mercantile Court in London.
• A contract dispute worth in the region of £3 million regarding the alleged defective supply of goods by our client to the dealer
• An Intellectual Property dispute leading to an application for an injunction to prevent a competitor of our client from launching a product that breached our client’s intellectual property rights
• A multi-million pound construction dispute in relation to the roofing system of a large scale retail centre
• Proceedings under the Insolvency Act for an Insolvency Practitioner to recover monies from former directors of an insolvent company
• The defence of directors facing disqualification proceedings under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 brought by the DTI following the insolvent liquidation of their company
• A number of cases against former employees of companies who have set up in competition with their former employer in breach of restrictive covenants or common law duties resulting in injunctive proceedings being brought
• Resisting claim for £0.2m for agents fees under the European Commercial Agents Regulations
• Defending manufacturer in claim brought by competitor through the High Court for alleged infringement of design rights
• A number of adjudications for our construction clients on matters arising out of various construction projects