Alternative Dispute Resolution
Reaching settlement and helping you to move on with your business is at the heart of our commercial litigation team’s values.
When individuals and businesses face disputes, it can be an incredibly disruptive, stressful and damaging to one’s reputation as well as time wasting. All parties involved want to resolve the dispute fairly, professionally and, importantly, cost-effectively.
Our team of experts in mediation provides an accessible and knowledgeable means of finding commercial solutions that work. As early mediation and adjudication become increasingly more important, each plays a key role in keeping your litigation costs down and avoiding time-consuming trials.
Alternative dispute resolution enables you to discuss and settle disputes outside of court.
Whether conducted face-to-face or individually, our unbiased, qualified mediators will guide negotiations, ensuring that all parties continue to work towards a satisfactory and confidential conclusion, protecting your reputation and commercially.
Civil Procedure Rules now require parties to access mediation prior to taking a claim of commercial nature to the High Court; it’s quicker, cheaper and relieves both parties of the stress of pursuing a claim. Handled professionally, mediation is also highly effective; 80% of cases managed by our mediators are settled or settled shortly afterwards.
Our team of experienced mediators will help you to maintain your relationships whilst working towards real solutions backed by technical expertise.
Our motivated and experienced team conducts alternative dispute resolution services including:
• Mediation: the parties agree a solution themselves, guided by an expert mediator
• Arbitration: like adjudication but addressing only a single issue, an independent expert assesses the dispute and reaches an enforceable decision
• Expert determination: resolving technical, rather than legal, issues, the decision of an independent expert may be legally binding where the parties agree
• Negotiation: less structured discussion can often be effective, enabling parties to talk freely and reach a resolution themselves
• Conciliation; etc