Commercial litigation, mediation and arbitration

The firm is involved at any one time in a large number of commercial litigation and arbitration cases. These vary from relatively small disputes involving relatively simple factual and legal issues to complex disagreements involving very substantial sums, a multiplicity of parties and litigation in more than one country.

It is central to the firm's approach to all these matters that litigation is only a means to an end and that achieving a negotiated settlement can often be the best way of meeting the clients' objectives. Accordingly, we regularly consider with clients whether a case is a suitable one for alternative dispute resolution/mediation. Mediation can often bring about a settlement at a fraction of the cost of litigation and once the decision to mediate has been taken, the firm advises on all aspects of the mediation. To date, the firm has achieved settlements in the vast majority of cases which have been the subject of a mediation.

William Chetwood
Paul Crane
Oz de Sybel
Paul Griffiths
Michael Moon
Vernon Sewell
Joanna Steele
Simon Tatham
Nicholas Wilson

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