Commercial and Contractual Disputes

Commercial disputes are increasingly commonplace in today’s climate of economic uncertainty. Uncertainty is not something you want from your lawyers. Navigating your way through commercial disputes can be stressful and disruptive and has the potential to be damaging to your business and reputation.

If you are an entrepreneur, company or partnership we can assist you. Our experienced team of dispute resolution solicitors works closely with you to fully understand the issues that you or your business is facing and to explore a pragmatic and cost effective solution that meets your commercial objectives. Our lawyers recognise that every dispute is different and calls for a constructive and often creative solution which suits your needs. In doing so we draw on our considerable experience in dealing with a wide range of disputes arising out of all types of corporate and commercial activity, including:

• mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures
• agency, distribution and franchise agreements
• trade finance
• sale of goods and services
• contractual disputes and warranty claims
• economic torts
• claims alleging conspiracy or unlawful interference with business

Our specialist dispute resolution lawyers also recognise that disputes are not all about the courtroom: our lawyers encourage our clients to explore other quick, practical and cost effective avenues to resolve their disputes including mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and will take you carefully through that process.

For more information or to speak to our dispute resolution solicitors, please contact Gerard Cukier

Typical Cases

• Acting for a Defendant to a claim for breach of contract and misrepresentation in relation to the proposed procurement of a financial indemnity bond which Defendant brought and was successful upon its Defence and Counterclaim for breach of the terms of a warrants deed issued by the Claimant to the Defendant (Oxus Gold plc & Anor -v- Templeton Insurance [2007] EWHC 770)
• Acting for the Defendant to a claim in which the relief sought was a mandatory injunction to compel it to transfer shares to the Claimant pursuant to an unsigned share transfer agreement 
• Acting for a Claimant in a claim for constructive trust/proprietary estoppel alternatively for payment of their services on a quantum meruit basis arising out of a joint venture to establish a global media network
• Acting for a Defendant who was instructed as the agent to a company which had commissioned the building of several ships to renegotiate the shipbuilding contracts. When the negotiations broke down the shipbuilders brought a claim against our client for conspiracy and unlawful interference with contract.
• Acting for a Defendant against whom a claim had been brought in fraudulent misrepresentation following the sale of shares from one director to another director and then onto our client.
• Acting for a Claimant in a dispute arising out of the alteration of the beneficial interests in a trust which was used to operate a company in which the Claimant previously had a majority interest.
• Acting in a claim for misrepresentation arising out of the sale of a business to another company, which business did not flourish as anticipated.
• Successfully resisting an attempt by a publicly quoted trust fund to rectify a management warrants agreement following the termination of the management contract.