Litigation is not just about winning but also about the bigger picture of reputation and knock on effect, both to other cases and to potentially to the strategic direction of the organisation. Fairness and the appearance of fairness is of prime importance. You will benefit from a cost effective approach based upon learned commercial realities of litigation. You will have the benefit of an experienced team with considerable in depth experience of court based litigation and alternative dispute resolutions. Our commercial team covers all types of business disputes from professional negligence and intellectual property rights to insolvency and debt collection.
We have extensive experience of personal injury litigation, including stress and disease claims. You can be reassured that whatever situation you face, no matter how serious, our legal team will provide legal advice that is pragmatic as well as strategic.
We can provide you with expertise in respect of Health and Safety and Regulatory matters, including the defence of regulatory investigations and prosecutions.
Our team has experience of advising on the law applying to defamation issues that affect Higher Education Institutions, colleges and public bodies, and have offered guidance for minimising the risk of defamation liability. When reviewing and discussing the types of personnel actions that create the potential for defamation claims, we have drafted policy guidelines for providing employment references. We have also dealt with defamation issues that involve students and liability for student comments. We appreciate that defamation claims are often emotive, there can also be complex and time consuming.
