Dispute Management
The result you want: faster, better, cheaper
Areas of Dispute Management
What is involved?
We empower you to control the dispute rather than let it control you: results come faster, better, cheaper.
We are experts at resolving disputes whether by negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation. Working with us, and with our early case evaluation, you will know how likely you are to succeed, the anticipated costs and timescale, as well as the best and worst case scenarios.
We achieve success by having a 3-fold approach to the management of any dispute which involves Feasibility, Risk Specific Investigation and Delivery Stages. Our focus on earliest realistic closure is achieved and managed by financial modelling. This enables any client (claimant or respondent) to ask and answer 3 Key Questions at reasonable intervals during any dispute, namely “How Much”, “When” & “How”.
You will benefit from our insightful and commercial recommendations as regards strategy. Together we will agree our game plan, running alongside you every step of the way to manage your dispute – ensuring you always retain control.
Why choose Freeths?
- Early case evaluation – an immediate view on prospects, costs and strategy
- Insight at an early stage – deploying dispute strategy, you will benefit from our commercially relevant advice on options, enabling you to make fully informed investment decisions on your case
- We achieve winning outcomes – working with you to map out the “win” scenarios for your business, and agreeing with you an action plan to achieve your objectives
- We focus on efficiency, closure and cost effective solutions, rather than allowing process to accumulate unnecessary cost. We achieve this by deploying sophisticated project management techniques
- As your trusted legal advisors, we will be with you every step of the way, managing your dispute and reporting to you in a way that works for your business
- Our clients consistently return to us for support on their most complex and “high stakes” disputes
With key account clients with whom we have built trust-based relationships, we manage our cases through exception reporting – focussing on reporting in figures not words.
We use financial cost plans, and financial predicted outcomes so that client decisions are made at all times on the expected ROI, underpinned by CBA information. These factors, coupled with our natural price arbitrage when compared to other “National & International” law firms, means that we consistently deliver the results our clients deserve cheaper than others in the market.
Should you want your case funded, we have long and trusted relationships with litigation funders. However, we put our money where our mouth is and where appropriate we will share some or all of your costs risk.
Who we work with
Dispute Management Lawyers

Waseem Ahmed
Solicitor
0845 404 4116

Emma Anderson
Director
0845 272 5712

Neil Armitage
Solicitor
0845 077 9572

Simon Baigent
Partner
0845 274 6903

Clare Bellis
Director
0186 578 1058

Jonathan Bennett
Solicitor
0845 126 4381

James Berry
Partner
0114 263 9483

Guy Berwick
Consultant
0845 050 3661

Richard Beverley
Partner
0845 634 2577

Adam Boyd
Senior Associate
0845 271 6773

Mark Brown
Partner
0845 271 6764

Paul Brown
Senior Associate
0186 578 1020

Jill Carey
Director
0845 634 2548

Henry Clappison
Senior Associate
0845 634 2571

Christopher Clayton
Solicitor
0845 166 6308

Lindsey Clegg
Partner
0845 030 5793

Richard Coates
Partner
0845 128 7972

Duncan Crine
Partner
01865 781 054

Charles Darby
Partner
0116 248 1114

Andrew Dashwood-Begg
Senior Associate
0186 578 1021

Ciaran Dearden
Senior Associate
0114 263 9438

Philippa Dempster
Partner
0845 050 3203

Emma Dorman
Solicitor
0845 274 6880

Gary Duffy
Associate
0845 404 4189

Tristan Duncan
Senior Associate
0845 166 6301

Mark Emery
Partner
0186 578 1079

Nichola Faith
Associate
0845 404 1756

Richard Fitzmaurice
Senior Associate
0845 274 6892

Jade Flint
Senior Associate
0845 050 3698

Sarah Foster
Partner
0186 578 1055

Matt Fraser
Senior Executive
0845 634 2563

Rachel Gaffney
Director
0115 935 1860

Adam Gibb
Solicitor
0845 077 9636

Mike Gilmour
Partner
0845 274 6944

Graham Greenfield
Partner
0845 274 6904

Stephen Hadley
Partner
0845 077 9609

Joseph Hale
Partner
0845 030 5759

James Hartley
Partner
0845 077 9581

Dean Hill
Senior Associate
0845 404 1740

Robert Hill
Senior Associate
0845 274 6924

Simon Hobbs
Partner
0190 835 0200

Carl Holmes
Senior Associate
0845 274 6910

Jonathan Jefferies
Partner
0845 272 5670

Beth Jenkins
Senior Associate
0845 077 9657

Victoria Jones
Associate
0845 272 5721

Jennie Jones
Director
0845 030 5734

Raymond Joyce
Consultant
0845 634 2578

Mark Keeley
Partner
0845 274 6875

David Keenan
Senior Associate
0845 1666 325

John Kelly
Director
0845 050 3687

Petya Koycheva
Solicitor
0845 128 6979

Lloyd Lane
Solicitor
0845 404 1730

Li Yen Lim
Associate
0845 050 3668

David Marsden
Partner
0845 404 1757

Josh Middleton
Solicitor
0845 128 7955

Amy Morley
Partner
0845 050 3669

Chloe Oram
Solicitor
0845 030 5801

Mukesh Patel
Partner
0845 272 5710

Charles Powell
Partner
0845 274 6921

Imogen Randall
Senior Associate
0845 077 9582

Will Richmond-Coggan
Director
01865 781 004

Mona Schroedel
Senior Associate
0186 578 1057

Tristan Sharples
Solicitor
0845 271 6737

Rosalyn Shephard
Associate
01865 781 023

Laura Turner
Solicitor
01865 781237

Paul Tomkins
Partner
0845 050 3260

Tracy Watson
Manager
0845 272 5671

Vickie Williams
Director
0845 274 6841

Louise Wilson
Partner
0845 073 8583

Rachael Yates
Partner
0845 077 9578
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- Acting for Philips Electronics and Philips Pension Trustees in bringing £300 million claims against Aon Hewitt and AllianceBernstein, for the negligent design and implementation of the pension fund’s investment strategy in 2007. The claim follows on from an earlier claim for £100 million, which Louise acted on against Hewitt in relation to actuarial negligence, which settled successfully following a second mediation.
- Defending a substantial claim issued in the High Court in London relating to the supply of defective fabric by a Turkish company. The case involved a complex paper trail and issues such as security for costs. We had to adopt a robust defence and pursue security for costs, because the claim was spurious and because of its impact on a family run business with many High Street retailers.
- Acting for multiple claimants in a shareholders’ dispute involving a detailed analysis of director’s fiduciary duties in relation to 40% of the equity (with an estimated value of £80 million) in a maritime engineering and naval architecture company in the High Court’s Chancery Division. The case settled on very favourable terms to our clients.
- Currently advising several hundred Sub-postmasters in a High Court Group Action against Post Office Ltd in relation to the Horizon accounting software.
- Acted for Developer threatened with suspension and termination by Design & Build Contractor in works relating to the refurbishment of office premises to residential use. Contractor in delay, fire safety issues to be resolved. Contractor claimed over £2 million. Developer client could not afford to terminate Contractor, however strong the case, because of the longstop date exposure to funders. Dispute resolved by contract variation on “nuisance” terms within 26 days of instruction.
- Mediated in a dispute concerning breach of fiduciary duty against the First Defendant; a debt claim against the Second Defendant and a Petition for relief under s.994 of the Companies Act 2006. The issues in the matter were complex but we were able to achieve a settlement on the day of the mediation.
- Acted for two clients who were due to inherit the deceased’s residuary estate; worth £1.5 million. This was in connection with defending a challenge to the validity of the deceased’s last will on the grounds of lack of capacity and want of knowledge and approval. We secured a very favourable settlement for them, where the disputed will was admitted to probate.
- Successfully resisted a £2 million+ unusual mutual wills case, where it was alleged that because of that mutual will, our client held his late wife’s estate on trust for the claimant (a non-family member). Complex company and estate issues arose, given (i) our client’s 100% shareholding in estate companies and the claimant’s position as director in them; and (ii) the fact that our client and the claimant were joint executors of the late wife’s will. A settlement was reached prior to trial whereby a small % of the £2 million was paid, including costs.
- Acting for a Nigerian oil corporation in ICC proceedings involving complex jurisdictional and res judicata issues. This involved successfully convincing the Tribunal to find that no jurisdiction existed for the Claimant to bring the claim, bringing the international and domestic arbitration actions issued against her client to an early conclusion.
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