What We Do
Contentious work, across seven fields.
We act only in disputes. Within that, we range widely — from the boardroom to the building site to the Industrial Court — because the discipline of running a contested matter well is the same wherever the dispute arises.
01
Commercial & Corporate Litigation
Contract, debt, fraud and corporate disputes in the High Court — from the urgent injunction on day one to the judgment and its enforcement.
02
International & Domestic Arbitration
Counsel in institutional (AIAC) and ad hoc arbitration under the Arbitration Act 2005 — and the court applications that support, challenge and enforce awards.
03
Construction Disputes & Adjudication
Payment, delay and defects disputes — resolved by statutory adjudication under CIPAA 2012, arbitration, or litigation, whichever the contract and the cash-flow demand.
04
Insolvency, Restructuring & Winding-Up
Winding-up and bankruptcy, schemes of arrangement, judicial management and the contested applications between creditors and companies in distress.
05
Shareholder, Partnership & Oppression Disputes
Minority-oppression petitions, deadlock, derivative actions and business divorces — where the falling-out is between people who own the company together.
06
Employment & Industrial Disputes
Unfair-dismissal and constructive-dismissal references, Industrial Court proceedings and the domestic inquiries that precede them — for employers and senior executives.
07
Defamation, Judicial Review & Public-Law Disputes
Reputation and free-speech disputes, and challenges to the decisions of regulators, licensing authorities and disciplinary bodies by way of judicial review.