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
Associate
0845 404 4116
Emma Anderson
Director
0845 272 5712
Simon Baigent
Partner
0845 274 6903
Clare Bellis
Director
0186 578 1058
Jonathan Bennett
Associate
0845 126 4381
James Berry
Partner
0114 263 9483
Guy Berwick
Consultant
0845 050 3661
Richard Beverley
Managing Partner
0845 634 2577
Adam Boyd
Managing Associate
0845 271 6773
Mark Brown
Partner
0845 271 6764
Paul Brown
Managing Associate
0186 578 1020
Jill Carey
Director
0845 634 2548
Henry Clappison
Managing Associate
0845 634 2571
Christopher Clayton
Associate
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
Managing Associate
0186 578 1021
Ciaran Dearden
Managing Associate
0114 263 9438
Philippa Dempster
Managing Partner
0845 050 3203
Emma Dorman
Associate
0845 274 6880
Gary Duffy
Senior Associate
0845 404 4189
Tristan Duncan
Managing Associate
0845 166 6301
Mark Emery
Partner
0186 578 1079
Nichola Faith
Senior Associate
0845 404 1756
Richard Fitzmaurice
Managing Associate
0845 274 6892
Jade Flint
Managing Associate
0845 050 3698
Sarah Foster
Managing Partner
0186 578 1055
Matt Fraser
Senior Executive
0845 634 2563
Rachel Gaffney
Director
0115 935 1860
Adam Gibb
Senior Associate
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
Managing Associate
0845 404 1740
Robert Hill
Managing Associate
0845 274 6924
Simon Hobbs
Partner
0190 835 0200
Carl Holmes
Managing Associate
0845 274 6910
Jonathan Jefferies
Partner
0845 272 5670
Beth Jenkins
Managing Associate
0845 077 9657
Victoria Jones
Senior Associate
0845 272 5721
Jennie Jones
Director
0845 030 5734
Raymond Joyce
Consultant
0845 634 2578
Mark Keeley
Partner
0845 274 6875
David Keenan
Managing Associate
0845 1666 325
John Kelly
Director
0845 050 3687
Petya Koycheva
Associate
0845 128 6979
Sajjid Kurmani
Senior Associate
0845 166 6312
Lloyd Lane
Senior Associate
0845 404 1730
Li Yen Lim
Managing Associate
0845 050 3668
David Marsden
Partner
0845 404 1757
Josh Middleton
Associate
0845 128 7955
Amy Morley
Partner
0845 050 3669
Chloe Oram
Senior Associate
0845 030 5801
Mukesh Patel
Managing Partner
0845 272 5710
Charles Powell
Partner
0845 274 6921
Imogen Randall
Director
0845 077 9582
Will Richmond-Coggan
Director
01865 781 004
Tom Savage
Associate
0114 263 9472
Mona Schroedel
Managing Associate
0186 578 1057
Tristan Sharples
Associate
0845 271 6737
Rosalyn Shephard
Senior Associate
01865 781 023
Kelly Stott
Associate
0845 404 4140
Laura Turner
Associate
01865 781237
Paul Tomkins
Partner
0845 050 3260
Zalena Vandrewala
Managing Associate
0845 077 9613
Tracy Watson
Manager
0845 272 5671
Vickie Williams
Director
0845 274 6841
Alison Willis
Managing Associate
0845 404 4112
Louise Wilson
Partner
0845 073 8583
Rachael Yates
Partner
0845 077 9578
Coronavirus Dispute Management FAQs
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Articles 21st Mar 2019- Successfully defended Eurobet UK Ltd in a claim in the High Court for £650k, made by an on-line Italian gambler. The large win by this gambler was the result of a software ‘bug’. The case, which was widely reported in both the national and international media, made The Telegraph’s Top 10 biggest computer failure cases that year.
- 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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