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If not resolved quickly, these can have an immediate and detrimental impact upon profit and cash flow and will often require the business to redirect important resources to address the problem. Directors and senior management may need to focus their attentions on the dispute, often neglecting the company’s core business.

Having trusted legal advisers on hand is important.

Practical commercial legal advice

The Wellers commercial litigation and dispute resolution team have considerable experience acting for businesses in London, Kent and Surrey upon a full range of business disputes.  We provide practical advice so you can quickly understand your legal position and the options available to you.

Our advice and approach will depend on the individual dispute. We do not believe there is a ‘one glove fits all’ solution to dispute resolution: we may advise we write a robust letter of claim followed by litigation in certain circumstances, but in others, we may recommend attempting a resolution via Alternative Dispute Resolution via Mediation or otherwise.  We will identify your objective and advise the best strategy to endeavour to achieve this.

We can advise you on the right course of action in the following areas:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution – by using alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation, arbitration and negotiation, you may not need to go to court and disputes can often be resolved with a “round table” approach which is beneficial for all parties.
• Contract disputes – it’s an unsurprising reality that contractual disputes occur from time to time whether breach of contract, contract termination, agency agreements, misrepresentation or some other contract-related matter.
• Financial mis-selling – if you have been mis-sold a financial services product such as a fixed-rate loan, interest rate hedging product or you have suffered losses as a result of foreign exchange manipulation, the team at Wellers can assist you in making a claim to recover losses.
• Company and Shareholder Disputes
• Construction Disputes – whether you are an owner, developer, contractor, construction professional or other associated trade, construction disputes have the capacity to stall your business and hinder cash flow. At Wellers our construction dispute solicitors aim to help you avoid lengthy, costly litigation and will attempt to find a dispute resolution solution that suits your particular situation.
• Debt Recovery or enforcement of a debt – robust, pragmatic service backed by proactive investigation and an array of tools to aid resolution, including third party debt orders, freezing injunctions and instruction of bailiffs.
• Franchise Disputes – we act for both franchisors and franchisees in dispute resolution matters relating to commercial franchises. We have significant expertise in setting up franchise agreements and this means we are ideally placed to help clients when things go wrong. Matters we can advise upon include, breach of contract, intellectual property rights, misrepresentation and more.
• Insolvency Litigation – insolvency and bankruptcy matters including liquidations, administrations and winding up petitions.
• IP disputes – infringement will require swift and robust action to prevent losses and possible damage to your reputation.
• Multi-jurisdictional disagreements – interpretation, law conflicts and communications issues all have the potential to derail legal action and recovery of any damages awarded (enforcement). The dispute resolution solicitors at Wellers have strong international links and can provide a well-placed service to clients facing international disputes.
• Professional Negligence – if the service of a professional falls below an acceptable standard and your business suffers loss as a result, you have the right to claim compensation through the civil courts.