Commercial contractual disputes

Disputes can arise in relation to any form of commercial contract and can vary widely in terms of their issues, value and complexity.

Some of our clients have a lot of experience of dealing with complex disputes relating to contractual matters, for others, their contact with us is their first experience of litigation or dispute resolution.

We have extensive experience in dealing with commercial contractual disputes so our advice will be focused on the area most relevant to you. Our experience also means that you can be confident that your case is managed by a specialist in the field and supervised by a partner with significant knowledge of the area.

Our expert team can advise on resolving a broad range of commercial contractual disputes, whether through litigation, negotiation, or other forms of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation. 

We can help you with:

• agency disputes
• contract disputes
• cost disputes
• guarantee disputes
• intellectual property enforcement and dispute resolution
• IT disputes
• supply and service contract disputes
• shareholder disputes
• partnership and joint venture agreement disputes
• professional negligence
• property disputes (including landlord and tenant disputes)
• regulatory disputes

We aim to build long term strategic relationships with our clients, and gain a thorough understanding of their business, culture and practices. This enables us to add value for you by delivering tailored, proactive, responsive, commercially pragmatic and frequently imaginative advice and strategy. 

We understand the importance of cost effective and timely advice to achieve the best overall outcome for our clients. We aim to resolve matters as quickly as possible through commercial negotiations, or alternative dispute resolution (including arbitration, adjudication and mediation).

Where alternative resolution is not possible, we’re equally comfortable taking matters to trial where we will robustly defend your interests. 

Russell-Cooke is a signatory to the Greener Litigation Pledge.

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Charges are usually based on our hourly rates plus administrative charges and disbursements. We’ll provide an initial estimate of your likely legal costs and will update this if your requirements or the circumstances of the work change.

We also have a flexible and innovative approach to litigation funding which, in appropriate cases, enables us to offer a number of funding options tailored to your particular requirements. For further information please read our commercial litigation funding information page. 

We are prepared to consider alternative forms of funding in appropriate circumstances and can discuss these on a case-by-case basis.