Commercial litigation and dispute resolution
Commercial litigation and dispute resolution
Nobody wants to be involved in a dispute or litigation. It’s time-consuming and costly. But sometimes there is no choice. Our dispute resolution and litigation service differs from what you’ll find in most law firms. We are plain talking and offer common-sense, down to earth commercial advice and support when you really need it.
When businesses ask for dispute resolution advice, they have usually tried and failed to resolve the situation via alternative means. The owners are invariably upset, frustrated, angry or scared – as a lot can be at stake.
Our experienced dispute resolution and litigation lawyers specialise in helping businesses of all sizes to achieve the best possible result when disputes occur.
The team are approachable, work quickly and will provide an honest evaluation of your circumstances and options from the outset. Where possible, we will work with you to achieve prompt resolution. If this isn’t likely, we will use our expertise to devise and implement a tailored litigation strategy to provide the best possible outcome given the merits of your case.
How Napthens can help
Our experienced dispute resolution and litigation lawyers specialise in helping businesses of all sizes to achieve the best possible result when disputes occur.
The team are approachable, work quickly and will provide an honest evaluation of your circumstances and options from the outset. Where possible, we will work with you to achieve prompt resolution.
If this isn’t likely, we will use our expertise to devise and implement a tailored litigation strategy to provide the best possible outcome given the merits of your case.
The support we offer covers:
- Agriculture disputes
- Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Commercial property disputes
- Contractual disputes
- Disputed debt
- Disputes in your business
- Injunctions
- Insolvency
- Insurance disputes
- Professional negligence
Examples of work
- Advised on a High Court commercial contract dispute relating to the termination of a supply agreement and injunctive relief, involving business‑critical trading arrangements of multi‑million-pound value.
- Advised on complex High Court and appellate commercial contract litigation arising from the breakdown of a wholesaler relationship, involving claims and counterclaims tied to a multi‑million-pound business.
- Advised on High Court shareholder and unfair prejudice proceedings, including valuation disputes concerning a company interest valued in the multi-millions, and issues around expert evidence and costs.
- Advised on a professional negligence claim arising from a defective administrator appointment, resulting in loss of a six-figure insolvency instruction and write-off of substantial WIP, ultimately resolving through a six‑figure settlement.
- Advised on a professional negligence claim against an accountant relating to a flawed expert report in quantum proceedings, leading to a successful appeal and further litigation with approximately £250,000 in damages sought.
- Advised on the defence of multi-party commercial disputes in the energy sector, including claims for wrongful termination of an electricity contract and broker negligence, successfully resolving both six‑figure and ancillary commission claims at the pre‑action stage.
- Advising on freezing injunctions in multi-million pound High Court proceedings relating to civil fraud, including asset disclosure involving claims against high net worth individuals;
- Advised on breach of contract arising out of a defective product leading to contamination of land, business disruption and loss of profits to numerous farming businesses and High Court product liability cases valued in the millions.
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