Corporate and contract law cover a vast area. Here are some key areas where our specialist knowledge can help you:
- Litigation avoidance, including advising on the law and practice of commercial contracts generally or in anticipation of litigation
- Litigating commercial contracts
- Advising on the law and practice of specific contracts, such as:
- building contracts, particularly JCT;
- engineering and other contracts with a strong technical element requiring familiarity with and understanding of technical processes and machinery;
- computer contracts, particularly software design supply and maintenance.
- Advising on and litigating negligence, particularly professional negligence, tending to be primarily negligence of solicitors, surveyors, and accountants.
- Landlord and tenant cases, including
- dilapidation claims;
- contested renewal proceedings.
- Partnership disputes and dissolutions
- Disputes arising from insolvency, including retention of title (“ROT” or “Romalpa”) claims and directors’ disqualification
- Intellectual property cases, principally copyright, design right and passing off, but also familiarity with trademark and patent infringement as required.
- Advising as to and applying for emergency remedies, particularly injunctions, in all commercial contexts, including
- R.O.T. and other status-quo preserving situations;
- restrictive covenants in employment contracts;
- nuisance cases;
- intellectual property cases.
- Disputes arising from sale and purchases of commercial businesses and their assets, including claims under warranties or on indemnities
- Debt collection
- Arbitration
- Mediation and other dispute resolution procedures
- Magistrates Court proceedings in relation to regulatory prosecutions, including Health and Safety, control of pollution, motoring and Trading Standards
- Please contact Neil Cutler for detailed guidance and advice in relation to all aspects of civil litigation, corporate and contract law, and for representation in claims in the Civil Courts and Magistrates Courts.
