Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Litigation is a process with its own timetable, and the first thing it takes away is the ability to choose when things happen. Deadlines are set by the court rather than by the business, evidence has to exist in a form that can be produced, and positions taken early are difficult to abandon later. Most of what determines the outcome is done before a hearing is ever scheduled.

Representation through court and administrative procedures means carrying that process for you and keeping the commercial objective in view while it runs. It typically covers:

• an honest assessment of the claim’s strength and what a realistic outcome looks like;
• the choice between proceeding, defending and settling, costed rather than asserted;
• pre-action correspondence, formal notice and preserving the right to claim;
• urgent and protective measures where waiting for a full hearing would defeat the point;
• preparing the file — evidence, witnesses and expert input;
• representation at hearings and in exchanges with the other side;
• the parallel settlement conversation that runs alongside most proceedings;
• appeal, and the short periods in which the decision to appeal must be taken;
• enforcement once a decision is obtained, including across a border.

Our lawyers can support you with this.