Commercial Dispute Resolution

We have the strength in depth and breadth of experience to resolve your dispute

Our Commercial Dispute Resolution team has a track record of delivering solutions through proactive risk management, claims avoidance, litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques. Whatever the nature of your dispute - from a complex domestic claim, to multi-jurisdictional litigation or a regulatory investigation - we have the strength in depth, covering a broad range of industry sectors, to get the job done.

We have over 25 partners and 85 solicitors who focus on contentious work for clients such as Atos Origin, Biffa Waste Services, Cargill, Harrods, HCA International Limited, HSBC, ICI, Kellogg Company of Great Britain Limited, Priory Group, Ryanair, United Business Media, US Department of Justice and Vinci.

To deliver a seamless international service to our clients, we work alongside August & Debouzy in France, GSK Stockmann + Kollegen in Germany and  Nunziante Magrone in Italy as well as other leading independent practices worldwide.

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  • CPA Model Conditions fail to protect owner of construction plant   
The Construction Plant Hire Association's Models Conditions for Plant Hire 2001 (CPA Model Conditions) are widely used throughout the construction industry. The CPA Model Conditions are rarely varied by parties. Often they are simply relied upon as being capable of covering all eventualities. Regularly, owners of plant hire out their plant, together with one of their employees to operate it. They often work under the illusion that if anything goes wrong (that results in a legal claim for damages), the CPA Model Conditions will successfully protect them from liability. This is simply not always the case, as the recent case of Jose -v- MacSalvors Plant Hire Ltd [2009] vividly illustrates.  View full briefing
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