It is essential that businesses resolve disputes in ways which are cost effective and commercially astute. Working with us, you'll have a team behind you getting you from where you are to where you need to be.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) offers ways of resolving disputes which are not available through the litigation or arbitration process.
Our Alternative Dispute Resolution team deals with various methods of dispute resolution. Numerous members of the team are accredited mediators with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR). CEDR is the largest conflict management and resolution consultancy in the world. This enables us to prepare for and run a mediation knowing in broad terms the kind of approaches a mediator will adopt.
ADR does not simply include mediation of an existing dispute but also early neutral evaluation, adjudication, and expert determination. Our team not only prepares for and represents clients at mediations and other ADR meetings, we also provide detailed advice on tactics.
We have considerable expertise using mediation in England and Wales, as well as, multi-jurisdictional disputes involving parties overseas, ranging from individuals to publicly listed companies, state-owned entities, and governments.
ADR is not a stand-alone mechanism to achieve the desired objectives for the client. Often, mediation and other techniques will be utilised in parallel or in combination with more traditional methods of litigation.
Acting on a dispute between neighbours on boundary issues, excessive use of rights of way in connection with the transportation of polo ponies and obstruction/rerouting of rights of way.
Acting on various copyright and libel disputes.
Regular attendance at joint settlement meetings in substantial personal injury claims where the majority of claims were successfully settled.
Acting on a dispute between landlord and tenant on service charge arrears and landlord’s alleged breaches of repairing covenants.
Settling a claim by mediation for our hotel clients with a value of around £300m.
Mediation for investors defending a restitutionary claim brought by an investment bank for repayment of monies allegedly paid to them by mistake.
Acting on a dispute between landlord and tenants regarding water ingress into the basement car park.
Mediation for investors suing a Swiss bank for mis-selling complex financial products.
Repatriation of Tasmanian aboriginal remains.
Settling a multi-jurisdictional trusts dispute worth $75m.
Our Team
Working closely with you, we'll find the best way to get you quickly and easily from where you are to where you want to be.
