Our litigation team specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration for companies, institutions and individuals handling claims for breach of contract and negligence. It specialises in the engineering, manufacturing, construction and property sectors and advises on banking, insolvency, intellectual property, health and safety and regulatory matters. It has a highly competitive debt recovery unit.
The team has extensive experience in dealing with high value technical claims and, where appropriate, uses alternative forms of dispute resolution (including mediation) to resolve disputes.
Recent cases include:
- a six figure professional negligence claim against a firm of accountants
- a defamation case involving an international company and trade journal
- a successful Judicial Review against a local planning authority
- representing a company in a potential dispute worth several hundred thousand pounds involving alleged defects with a computer system
- advising a company in a claim by a pension fund concerning its assets
- representing a company in a prosecution by the Health & Safety Executive following a serious injury at work