When business disputes escalate, legal intervention becomes essential. Our dispute resolution solicitors bring 25+ years of combined commercial litigation experience to companies across Britain. From Manchester boardrooms to London courthouses, we’ve secured favorable outcomes in over 800 cases.
Our team resolves matters efficiently, saving clients an average of £42,000 per case compared to prolonged litigation. Whether your business faces contract breaches in Cardiff, shareholder conflicts in Glasgow, or property disputes in Leeds, we apply location-specific legal knowledge to achieve practical results that protect your commercial interests.
Our Dispute Resolution Services
We focus on resolving commercial disputes efficiently while preserving your business relationships and financial resources. Our solicitors have secured successful outcomes in county courts, the High Court, and through alternative dispute resolution methods nationwide.
1. Commercial Contract Dispute Resolution
We analyse contractual obligations, performance failures, and termination issues to determine the most advantageous resolution route for your business.
How we solve your problem: Your business may face suppliers failing to deliver, customers refusing payment, or service providers breaching agreements. We identify breach points and develop planned responses that achieve practical results.
Metrics: 73% of our contract disputes resolve without requiring court proceedings.
2. Partnership and Shareholder Disputes
We address conflicts between business owners, from disagreements over strategy in family businesses to exit disputes in multi-owner enterprises.
Problem solved: When business relationships deteriorate, operations suffer. We manage discreet resolutions that protect company value and continued operations.
Technical focus: Partnership agreements, shareholders’ agreements, unfair prejudice claims, company articles interpretation.
3. Property and Land Disputes
Our property litigation team resolves commercial property conflicts throughout England, Scotland, and Wales, addressing leasehold disputes, boundary issues, and development conflicts.
Business impact: Property disputes threaten assets and operations. Our interventions secure your property rights while managing costs and relationship damage.
Regional focus: We find location-specific property regulations from Scottish servitude rights to English easement laws.
4. Debt Recovery and Enforcement
We deploy planned debt recovery processes customized to debtor circumstances, from demand letters to enforcement proceedings.
Why this matters: Unpaid invoices damage cash flow and business stability. Our structured recovery approach returns funds to your accounts while assessing debtor solvency and recovery practicalities.
Results: Average 62% recovery rate on aged commercial debts over £10,000.
5. Professional Negligence Claims
We pursue claims against professionals whose substandard services caused financial harm to your business, including accountants, surveyors, or other solicitors.
What gets fixed: When professional failures cause losses, we quantify damages and pursue proportionate compensation through negotiation or litigation.
Work includes: Breach of duty analysis, loss calculation, evidence compilation, without prejudice negotiations.
6. Employment Dispute Resolution
We represent businesses in employment disputes from tribunal claims to settlement negotiations, focusing on pragmatic resolutions.
Fixes you get: We defend against unfair dismissal claims, handle discrimination allegations, and structure settlements that prevent escalation.
Technical approach: ACAS Early Conciliation, protected conversations, settlement agreements, tribunal representation.
7. Alternative Dispute Resolution
Our mediators and arbitration specialists facilitate structured resolution processes across the UK, avoiding courtroom costs and delays.
Challenge we solve: Court proceedings drain resources and relationships. Our ADR methods achieve faster resolutions with greater privacy and control over outcomes.
Key metrics: 83% mediation success rate, with average time-to-resolution 67% faster than court proceedings.
8. Emergency Injunctions and Protective Measures
When immediate action protects your interests, we secure urgent injunctions, freezing orders, and other protective measures.
Problem we solve: Some situations can’t wait for standard legal timeframes. We act rapidly to prevent irreparable harm to your business interests.
Services include: Freezing injunctions, search orders, prohibitory injunctions, specific performance orders.
9. Cross-Border Dispute Management
We coordinate dispute resolution across multiple jurisdictions, managing conflicts that extend beyond UK borders.
Challenge solved: International disputes involve competing legal systems. We find applicable laws, jurisdictional challenges, and enforcement considerations.
Why Businesses Throughout the UK Choose Our Dispute Resolution Team
National Presence, Local Knowledge: Our offices and associated firms across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland provide jurisdiction-specific expertise with consistent quality standards.
Industry-Specific Experience: Our solicitors have resolved disputes in manufacturing in Sheffield, financial services in Edinburgh, technology in Cambridge, and retail in Liverpool.
Cost-Transparent Approach: We provide clear cost projections with capped fees, conditional arrangements, and milestone billing to prevent financial surprises.
FAQs
We analyse five factors: evidence strength, relationship value, time sensitivity, precedent importance, and cost-benefit projections to determine optimal resolution paths.
Resolution timeframes vary significantly: London Commercial Court cases average 12-18 months, while Manchester Business & Property Court cases typically conclude in 8-14 months. Mediation processes across all regions average 45-90 days.
Gather all contractual documents, relevant correspondence, financial impact statements, and internal notes on the dispute history. This preparation typically reduces initial consultation time by 40%.
Yes. Our Scottish qualified solicitors handle disputes in Scotland’s Sheriff Courts and Court of Session, addressing the specific procedural and substantive legal differences.
We implement planned approaches for asymmetric disputes, including early disclosure strategies, jurisdiction selection, and practical interim applications that level the playing field.
We employ advanced document management systems with AI-powered analysis that reduces document review time by approximately 60% compared to traditional methods.
Our regional office structure delivers legal services approximately 30% below average London rates while maintaining equivalent quality and outcomes.
Resolve Your Business Dispute Effectively
If unresolved conflicts threaten your business interests, speak with our dispute resolution team for practical solutions.
