Corporate and contract law and litigation cover a vast area. Below is a list of ways that Cutler Buttery can help you. However you may prefer to pick up the phone or send us an email and we will explain how we can help you and how best to proceed.
Here are the key areas where our specialist knowledge can help you:
- Advising on the law and practice of commercial contracts generally so as to avoid or in anticipation of litigation.
- Litigating on commercial contracts;
- Advising on the law and practice of certain specific contracts, such as:
- building contracts, particularly JCT;
- engineering disputes with a strong technical element requiring familiarity with and understanding of technical processes and machinery;
- computer contracts, particularly software design supply and maintenance;
… so as to avoid or in anticipation of litigation. - Advising on and litigating negligence, particularly professional negligence, tending to be primarily negligence of solicitors, surveyors, and accountants.
- Landlord and tenant cases, primarily
- dilapidation claims;
- contested renewal proceedings. - Partnership disputes and dissolutions;
- Disputes arising from insolvency, being generally retention of title claims and directors’ potential personal liabilities, including directors’ disqualification proceedings.
- Employment law, including:
- advice as to compliance with relevant statutory provisions;
- drafting employment contracts and other documentation;
- advising as to prospective employment action, particularly dismissal and redundancy.
- tribunal representation post-dismissal. - 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, but particularly:
- 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, particularly claims under warranties or on indemnities.
- Debt collection [mechanised as far as possible].
- Litigating by way of arbitration.
- Representing in mediation and other dispute resolution procedures.
- Magistrates Court proceedings in relation to statutory offences, including health and safety, control of pollution, motoring and Trading Standards.
This list is not exclusive, so for any enquiries please contact Neil Cutler in relation to all commercial and civil litigation matters.
