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Disputes

Introduction

Whatever the nature of the dispute, be it litigation, arbitration or a regulatory matter, we have leading teams who have the experience and expertise to help clients achieve a satisfactory resolution across a wide range of sectors; company, commercial, intellectual property and construction. We also understand that prevention is better than cure, which is why we spend much of our time assisting our clients in managing their risk profile to avoid disputes. By working alongside lawyers in other teams, we can be quicker in identifying trends in business that might lead to risk.

Ashfords has a leading Commercial Litigation team, with a strong reputation for its commercial approach to resolving business disputes providing a full range of dispute resolution services to a large number of blue-chip clients.


Our Services


  • Accidents and Injuries
    Accidents at Work | Accidents Overseas | Animals Act Claims (claims involving horses, dogs etc) | CICA claims | Claims involving the Court of Protection | Claims on behalf of children | Defective Products | Farm Accidents | Fatal Accidents | Holiday Claims | Medical negligence claims | Personal Injury Claims arising out of Food Poisoning | Personal Injury Claims arising out of Road Traffic Accidents including Accidents involving untraced or uninsured drivers | Sports Injuries | Tripping and Slipping Accidents | Uninsured Loss Recovery Claims for Commercial Transport

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  • Building Disputes
    Adjudication | Arbitration | Building Contracts | Civil Engineering Contracts | CITB Training Levy | Advice on property aspects of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 | Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 | Collateral Warranties | Consultants' Appointments | Contractual Disputes | Dispute avoidance and resolution | Funding agreements | Health & Safety | Litigation including proceedings in the Technology & Construction Court and Court of Appeal | Mediation and alternative dispute resolution | Novations | Parent Company Guarantees | Partnering Contracts including PPC 2000, NEC | Performance Bonds | PFI advice | Professional Negligence | Renewable Energy | Sub-contract agreements

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  • Commercial Litigation
    Arbitration | Banking & Finance | Claims with a foreign element and the enforcement of Foreign Judgments | Commercial contractual disputes | Defamation | Inheritance Act claims | Insurance disputes | Internet and Telecommunications litigation | IP Litigation | Judicial Review | Jurisdictional Issues | Licensing and Regulatory Crime | Marine & Transport disputes | Mediation | Office of Fair Trading dawn raids | Pensions litigation | Product liability claims | Professional negligence claims | Professional Practice | Shareholder and director disputes and unfair prejudice claims | Sport | Warranty claims and disputes arising out of company asset or share sales

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  • Divorce
    Dividing Assets  |  Child Contact  |  Ancillary relief

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  • Employment
    Contracts and Terms and Conditions of Employment | Data Protection | Discrimination issues of all types including harassment and bullying | Employment aspects of business and company sales | Equal pay | Grievance, disciplinary and capability procedures | Handbooks policies and procedures | In-house Training | Litigation and advocacy | Maternity issues and family friendly policies | Minimum wage | Negations of warranties and indemnities | Post-termination restrictions | Restructures and redundancy | Severance packages | Tax and employee incentives | Trade Union recognition and Industrial disputes | TUPE | Unfair dismissal | Whistle blowing | Working time | Wrongful dismissal and breach of contract

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  • Housing Disputes
    Abandoned goods | Access to Neighbouring Land Act | Advice on asbestos | Advice on tenancy agreements (particularly in relation to Buy to Let properties) | Boundary disputes | Conveyancing issues | Co-ownership and Trust issues | Debt recovery | Defending Local Authority Disrepair Notices | Defending unlawful eviction claim | Disability Discrimination Act | Disrepair claims | Distress | Injunctions, including anti-social behaviour injunctions and gas safety injunctions | Land Tribunal Applications | Landlord/tenant insolvency | Leasehold | Enfranchisement | Leasehold Valuation Tribunal issues/applications | Mediation | Occupiers Liability issues | Party Wall Act | Possession proceedings | Rent, service charge and other leasehold disputes | Restrictive Covenants | Rights of way, light, drainage etc | Trespass claims

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  • IP Litigation and Disputes
    Breach of confidential information | Copyright infringement | Licensing disputes | Passing off | Patent infringement | Registered design infringement | Trade mark infringement

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  • Marine & Transport
    Aircraft and helicopter sale and purchase including disputes | Cargo claims and disputes | Claims arising under Protection & Indemnity insurance policies | Collision, salvage, unsafe port disputes and unseaworthiness claims | Crew wage and personal injury disputes | EC legislation and practice (including European Court cases, dealing with fishing quotas) | Fatal accident and injury | Harbour Authorities: advice on HEO's and HRO's | Oil shortage claims and related insurance disputes | Prosecution of fishing/marine environmental offences for government agencies | Rail industry disputes | Rail sector service agreements | Sale and purchase of fishing vessels and licences | Ship arrest | Ship finance – mortgages, deeds of covenant, deeds of priority | Ship repair disputes, repair contracts and Harbour Authorities' interests, Merchant Shipping legislation | Ship sale and purchase transactions (including floating businesses/homes) | Shipbuilding contracts | Speed and performance disputes, demurrage and laytime and other charterparty and contract of carriage disputes | Total losses, investigation of fire and explosion damage

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  • Property Litigation
    Advice on leases/tenancy and associated documentation | Boundary disputes | Contested lease renewals | Contested Planning and Development issues | Contested rent review actions | Contractual/Development disputes | Defending unlawful eviction claims | Dilapidations/Disrepair issues/claims | Easements/Rights of Light Issues | Enforcement actions for secured lenders (mortgagees) | Enforcement of Options/Conditional Contracts | Landlord/tenant insolvency | Lands Tribunal Applications | Leasehold Enfranchisement | Leasehold Valuation Tribunal issues/applications | Local Authority Disrepair Notices | Mediation | Occupiers Liability issues | Possession proceedings | Rent and service charge disputes | Restrictive Covenants | Specific performance applications /injunctions | Telecommunications Act Issues | Trespass claims | Undue Influence

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  • Sport
    Ambush Marketing | Brand Management | Commercial and Regulatory issues | Corporate Governments and sporting bodies | Disciplinary Hearings | Event Management | Health and Safety | Image rights, personality rights and privacy | Individual wealth management | Intellectual Property Protection and enforcement to sports injuries | Merchandising and IP Rights | Player and Driver Agent arrangements | Player and Driver Contracts transfers | Project and Capital Finance | Property and Planning in relation to stadium circuits and sports grounds | Restraint of trade | Sponsorship, Merchandising and Endorsement Agreements | Sport related taxation issues | Stadium and Circuit Development Construction | Strategic Alliances

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