Becoming involved in any dispute can be unpleasant and time-consuming. Our team of specialists has extensive experience of resolving a wide variety of disputes and claims, negotiating settlements and, where necessary, handling court proceedings.
We provide practical, focused and expert legal advice to meet your needs and objectives, and do all we can to resolve your dispute swiftly and cost-effectively
Even with the best planning and procedures in place, most businesses will face a dispute at one time or another.
Disputes can involve:
If they are not resolved quickly and effectively, they can be highly detrimental to a business and end up costing you time and money. Whatever the nature of your dispute, we have the expertise to help you resolve matters promptly and productively, leaving you to concentrate on running your business and reducing the stress that these matters can cause.
Most partnership disputes arise when there is no partnership deed in place, setting out the terms of the partnership and what is to happen in a given set of circumstances. In our experience, this commonly happens when family or friends go into business together. Most do not consider the possibility that problems may arise in the future or are confident that disputes can be sorted out amicably.
Our focus is on giving you practical advice, and working to resolve issues and negotiate solutions quickly and constructively, so that there is little, if any, impact on your business operations.
Avoiding unnecessary debts & improving your cash flow
Everyone expects their customers to pay their bills. The reality is, however, that more and more people are failing to pay. The time taken trying to get payment can be considerable and can be damaging to the successful running of your business.
Keeping debtor levels to a minimum and taking action to recover bad debt before losing out – perhaps to another creditor – is more important than ever to businesses. We will discuss the different types of enforcement action that you can take, depending on your own particular circumstances and advise you on when it is appropriate – and when it is not – to serve a statutory demand prior to bankruptcy or winding up proceedings.
We can also help if you are served with a statutory demand by a creditor and advise you on what options you have.
If your tenant is in arrears with their rent, we can help you get proceedings underway for recovering the money. We can also initiate possession proceedings on your behalf if you decide that you want to terminate the tenant’s lease.
Some disputes involve damage to commercial premises. We have a considerable amount of experience in dealing with claims concerning dilapidations, and can give you expert advice whether you are a landlord or the tenant.
Sometimes it is necessary to take urgent action in order to protect your business interests.
This might be because:
We can help protect your business by seeking an appropriate injunction as quickly as possible. We will explain things clearly to you, tell you what the implications are and advise on any appropriate next steps that you can take.
Contract law is seldom black and white, even when there is a written and signed contract in place. Contract terms are often open to interpretation, and depending on the circumstances, a term may not be enforceable.
As every case is different we always give advice that is specific to your situation. We will explain your options and suggest ways of resolving matters without having to go to court.
