What is commercial litigation?

Commercial litigation is an area of law involving legal disputes between two or more businesses or companies, or between businesses and individuals. Commercial litigation solicitors deal with a wide range of business disputes including disputes arising from breach of contract, shareholder disputes, intellectual property infringement, employment disputes, and fraud.

The main aim of commercial litigation and dispute resolution is to resolve the dispute through the Court system or via alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods, such as mediation or arbitration.

Commercial litigation can be complex, time consuming and often involves large amounts of money and intricate legal arguments. Many businesses employ specialised litigation lawyers, dispute resolution teams, or or law firms to represent them in commercial litigation cases.

ARC Costs maintain an extensive legal network of specialist commercial litigation solicitors, Bristol and we would be happy to pass on your details to assist on your case.

Commercial disputes

Commercial disputes are conflicts that arise between businesses or individuals during the day to day running of their business activities. These disputes can include breach of contract, partnership, intellectual property, professional negligence, real estate, product liability, and securities disputes. Resolving these disputes may require the assistance of legal professionals or other experts.

Commercial litigation is the legal process that arises from such disputes and is initiated by filing a commercial lawsuit in court. It can involve various issues such as partnership disputes, contractual disputes, property disputes, and other business disagreements.

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is often preferred before taking a case to court, as it can be time-consuming, expensive, and stressful for all involved.

Expertise in commercial litigation is essential to understand and manage risks to businesses and to resolve disputes effectively.

Contact us today to speak to a commercial dispute resolution solicitor from our network today.

How to resolve a commercial dispute

When dealing with a commercial dispute, parties should attempt to resolve the issue directly, or make use of their complaints procedures. If this doesn’t lead to a satisfactory outcome, it can be helpful to consult a team of commercial litigation solicitors.

Your solicitor will assess your case and advise on the likelihood of success. They will typically attempt to negotiate an out-of-court agreement with the other party.

If this is unsuccessful, they may recommend alternative dispute resolution, such as negotiating, mediating or arbitration. If alternative dispute resolution fails, the case is likely to proceed to court proceedings for a judge to make a decision. If the parties disagree with this decision, they may choose to appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Our network of commercial litigation solicitors Bristol

ARC Costs maintains a network of commercial litigation solicitors, Bristol, who deal with commercial disputes for a range of clients. They provide cost effective solutions for all types of commercial disputes.

The law firms within our network have a strong track record of success on a broad range of highly complex litigation work. The experienced commercial litigation teams we work with regularly handle complex contentious matters for businesses in the private and public sector.

Some of the issues they can assist with include:

• Contract disputes
• Corporate disputes, such as shareholder and partnership disputes
• Financial and banking disputes
• Debt recovery, bankruptcy, winding up and statutory demands
• Real estate and property disputes
• Intellectual property disputes
• Competition and antitrust disputes
• Professional negligence

How can ARC Costs assist?

ARC Costs maintains an extensive legal network of expert commercial litigation solicitors, Bristol with the legal expertise to assist on these types of cases, and we would be happy to pass on your details to assist in your case. 

In addition to introducing you to a commercial litigation solicitor, we can also assist in the recovery and negotiation of legal costs in commercial cases, whether you are the paying or receiving party.

ARC Costs are highly experienced in advising and assisting with costs issues and disputes in different areas of law. As Costs Draftsman and Costs Lawyers, we can assist in your Commercial Litigation Costs issues.

If a costs award has been made, allowing you to recover costs from your opponent, we can assist with preparing a Bill of Costs on your behalf to ensure maximum recoverability. We can also assist in Costs Negotiations and represent you at detailed assessment proceedings which can determine the amount of costs you may be able to recover.

If you have been ordered to pay costs to your opponent, we can assist in disputing costs which may be sought and which you may deem to be excessive and unreasonable. We can do this by way of preparation of  Points of Dispute and also through negotiations to ensure you will only pay for costs which are reasonably incurred and not exaggerated.

Should you wish to discuss your costs query with us, please contact us on 01204 397302 or via email at info@arccosts.co.uk. Alternatively, you can complete our online query form and we will contact you to discuss your query further. We can provide expert legal advice on costs in our free, no obligation initial consultation.

We may receive payments from third party solicitors on our panel to whom we may refer your claim. We will never charge you for any referrals made to our panel of third parties.