Commercial Litigation

Our specialist team offers your business sound, practical advice and representation on a wide variety of claims and disputes. We aim to achieve the best result for your business, whether you are a bringing or defending a claim. Our experienced team aims to settle disputes quickly and professionally.

We can advise and represent your business on the following issues:

• Breach of Contract Disputes
• Debt Recovery
• Professional Negligence Claims
• Property Disputes
• Partnership Disputes
• Intellectual Property Rights
• General Dispute Resolution

AWB Charlesworth will aim to keep your case out of court, where possible, in order to save you time and reduce costs and stress. We will often deal with the issue by considering alternative dispute resolution methods, including mediation to assist with the negotiation of a fair settlement.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss an issue:

David Tear

Partner, Dispute Resolution

01535 613 668

david.tear@awbclaw.co.uk

Christopher Cooper

Trainee Legal Executive, Dispute Resolution

01756 692 886 / 01535 613 680

christopher.cooper@awbclaw.co.uk

Debt Recovery

Recovering money owed to your business can often be an uphill struggle. Our team is able to provide a range of debt collection services to help chase your outstanding debtors—from letters before action to issuing a winding up or bankruptcy petition.

Sometimes a simple demand letter from us outlining a possible future course of action is sufficient to bring in a late payment. We can guide and represent your business through the entire debt collection process.

We assess each case individually and can advise on the amount of court fees, interest and costs which can be sought from the debtor.

Get in touch with a member of our Dispute Resolution team if you require assistance in extracting money owed to you in a fast and efficient manner.

Commercial Insolvency

AWB Charlesworth Solicitors will act to help you whatever your insolvency issue, whether your own business is facing difficulties, you are owed money by a business which has become insolvent, or you are considering acquiring a struggling business.

Our team of experts advise practitioners, creditors, debtors and funders in all the legal aspects of commercial insolvency, and we are often able to implement procedures to help save a failing business.

Our expertise covers:

• Liquidations
• Restructuring
• Administration
• Receivership
• Advice on directors liability
• Bankruptcy
• Disputes

Commercial Property Litigation

At AWB Charlesworth, our experts can advise and represent both commercial landlords and tenants in respect of the following issues:-

• Possession
• Lease Disputes
• Rent Recovery
• Service Charges
• Dilapidation/ Disrepair claims
• Unlawful occupation and squatters
• Sub-letting
• Lease Renewals
• Lease surrender negotiations
• Exercising break options

Commercial Contractual Disputes

Running a successful business includes keeping to contractual commitments and delivering goods and services on time and in accordance with specification. Where a business is in a supply chain, it can find itself in difficulty through breach of contract by another party.

We can support your business whether it is claiming or defending a claim for breach of contract. Our team is experienced in resolving contractual disputes with commercial sense, avoiding court proceedings whenever possible.

Our specialist team of Litigators understands that adhering to deadlines and delivering goods and services promised to customers is paramount to the reputation and financial well-being of your business.

What we can do for you:

• Examine the contract your business has made and inform you of the legal position.
• Advise you on what remedies are available if your business has suffered a breach of contract, or possible defences to a breach of contract claim made against your business.
• Assist in resolving the dispute either through negotiation or, if necessary, through court action.

Partnership Disputes

Partnership disputes can have a devastating impact on your business, as well as personally, and can ultimately end with the Partnership dissolving. Seeking early legal advice and representation may assist in resolving difficulties between business partners.

We can help you to resolve Partnership disputes effectively, with minimum disruption to your business’s day-to-day workings. We can help with the following issues:

• Determining how your Partnership stands legally
• Partnership dissolution or retirement of a Partner
• Drafting new partnership agreements to meet your business’s objectives

Our team will recommend alternative dispute resolution methods where possible, as court proceedings often cause unnecessary strain on your business relationships and finance. Where court proceedings are essential, our team is able to represent you and provide support throughout the process.

Professional Negligence Claims

Professionals who advise your business owe a duty of care. Where this duty has not been met and your business suffers a loss a result, there may be a claim.

We will explore the options open to your business to resolve matters and consider with you whether mediation settlement can be achieved. Where negotiated settlement is not possible, we will advise on how to purse or defend the matter through the Court and represent your business throughout the process.

AWB Charlesworth’s team of specialists is experienced in guiding you through the legal process and can advise and represent you if:

• Your business has suffered a loss as a result of professional negligence
• Your business is defending a professional negligence claim