A boundary dispute typically arises between two adjacent landowners who dispute the position of the boundary between their properties.

We helped a technology provider to resolve a high value dispute with a Council which had outsourced its IT and related services to our client.

These are the headline practical things to do if you realise you have a commercial dispute brewing. We have more detailed articles available, but here are the essentials to think about early on.

Fallout - a conference hosted by our dispute resolution team team.

In Khatun v Hasan, the claimant alleged the will in dispute was a forgery and the onus was on the defendants to prove otherwise - which they failed to do. The decision in Khatun v Hasan provides a powerful reminder of the importance of properly prepared evidence and why specialist solicitors should be used in disputed will claims .

A recent case about invasive Japanese knotweed has changed the way in which alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is handled. Following the case, relevant parts of the law that previous only allowed courts to encourage ADR have been formally amended, and from October 2024 judges will be able to stop court proceedings and compel parties to engage in ADR.

“We have a dispute. We need to resolve it quickly and flexibly. We are not really sure how”. We are going to be hearing this a lot as the country emerges from the COVID-19 shutdown.

It would be fair to say that, in a dispute between a farmer and a utility company, the latter is likely to have the upper financial hand and thus pursue a settlement that accords with their own version of events. However, this supposition was overturned in a recent case where a judge found for the farmer who had claimed for damage done to a field that prevented a potato crop from being planted.

It is natural now for businesses to be wary about bringing a claim against someone who has done them wrong. The ugly combination of cost and risk has ensured more are just chalking problems up to experience rather than fighting their corner.

We were instructed to assist an engineering design company (“the client”) in recovering unpaid invoices (with a value of £300,000+) (“the invoices”) from a manufacturer (“the debtor”).