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Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance

The team at Harrison Drury deliver support, guidance and advice to clients in all aspects of commercial dispute resolution and avoidance.

We are commercial litigation specialists but we also have extensive experience in all forms of alternative dispute resolution. Most businesses will find themselves involved in a commercial dispute, and this is when you need a fully committed legal team dedicated to fighting your corner. If things do go wrong Harrison Drury’s commercial dispute resolution and avoidance experts have your back.

Our sizable and experienced team act for clients on complex and multi-faceted cases, which traditionally would not permeate beyond city firms. Our clients benefit from developing a close working relationship with a team they can trust and who provide legal expertise of the highest level. We often work for clients in novel areas of law. The nature of our work is complex, time sensitive and is pressurised with a close eye on commerciality, cost management, innovative pricing and funding.

Whilst we cover a range of disputes, what sets us apart are the complexities that we are often called upon to handle. The team provides breadth of advice and expertise from contractual disputes through to more complex shareholder disputes and director misfeasance, providing a pragmatic and commercial approach to resolving disputes.

We can help with:

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Banking and Finance Disputes
Civil Fraud
Company, Director and Shareholder Disputes
Contract Disputes
Franchise Disputes
Injuctions
Intellectual Property Disputes
Media and Reputational Management
Partnership Disputes
Professional Negligence

Meet our Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance team

Nick Booth

Partner Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 429025
m: 07799 005073
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Sean Gibbs

Partner Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 429024
m: 07719 797775
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Paul Brook

Consultant Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
m: 07900 169370
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Martin Stafford

Consultant Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01524 954240
m: 07425 254923
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Helen Griffin

Senior Associate Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 395187
m: 07585 447937
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Jessica Casson-Grave

Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 954641
m: 07551 444884
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Hannah Pinder

Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 429332
m: 07425 114099
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Grace McGarvey

Apprentice Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01524 952722
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Koko Taylor

Apprentice Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 925459
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Jessica McBride

Paralegal Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 374327
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Lubnaa Patel

Paralegal Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 374603
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The team has extraordinary capability!

The team boasts an extraordinary capability rarely seen outside of the large city practices to take on board and strategize on large complex problems and has an ability to understand a business’s practices with ease.

A very hardworking team that will leave no-stone unturned to help their clients.

Legal 500, Company

Their employees are all very friendly and helpful.

Legal 500

Harrison Drury are an enthusiastic and collaborative practice with a fresh ‘can-do’ attitude unlike other staid legal firms simply relying on their longstanding existence as their key business marketing strength. Their employees at all levels are very friendly and helpful.

I would not hesitate to recommend them.

Having engaged the services of Harrison Drury on a professional negligence case, I have found them to be highly efficient, extremely knowledgeable and very professional approach at all times. I would not hesitate to recommend them.

Thorough and committed to getting the best for the client

First class attention to detail and to the practical realities of litigation. Thorough and committed to getting the best for the client. Remarkable people skills, an attribute lacking in so many firms, but not in this team.

The team are great to work with and come up with solutions based on each individual case.

Legal 500

Each one of the professionals we have dealt with are exceptional in their line of work and the advice they give is exceptional.

Legal 500

Very practical and business-like.

Legal 500

Punches above its weight in commercial litigation. Very cost-effective, but with great delivery of results.

Legal 500

The strength of the team was epitomised by Nick Booth.

Legal 500

He has an innate ability to delegate, whilst maintaining complete oversight of his very capable team members without micro-managing them. Nick was quickly able to absorb and synthesize information, provide a clear and concise legal opinion and thereafter advice upon which we could initiate our next steps. At no point did I feel out of the loop, nor unclear about our future actions and the intended consequences of these.

Each of the people I have met have been essential people to my needs.

Legal 500

HD exceeded our expectations!

Legal 500

The team is approachable, hardworking, and run by an intellectual powerhouse, Nick Booth. I was referred to the team by another Harrison Drury director, and my expectations were met and exceeded. From my perspective, the success of a dispute resolution team hinges on its ability to secure instructions, successfully execute them (hopefully to a positive outcome), and then, in spite of the inevitable anguish and exhaustion, be the clients first choice solicitor thereafter.

This is a very effective team litigating company and partnership disputes. A small play packing a big punch on this area of the law.

Legal 500

Harrison Drury were very efficient to work with and clearly had a good rapport with their client.

Each member of the team is very knowledgeable in their sector and again the communication with each other was very effectively done.

Legal 500

They can analyse very effectively the strategy needed for the cases they are dealing with.

We have found all the team to be relatable and understanding of what we are looking for in a practice.

Legal 500

Nothing is ever to much trouble and they have handled our files in a timely manner.

Harrison Drury is the best firm outside of Manchester in the North of England.

Legal 500

They have good quality work and they have first rate litigators.

The team can compete on capability and legal prowess with the best in the business, certainly unrivalled in the local area.

Legal 500

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