Many business relationships involve one party (known as the principal) giving authority to another party (the agent) to act on their behalf.

We advise commercial landlords, developers, landowners, property investors , property management companies and property occupiers on how to resolve commercial property disputes quickly and efficiently.

Our corporate disputes team are expert problem solvers and have worked with both public and private companies, owner-managed businesses, minority shareholders, high net worth investors and entrepreneurs.

Our niche team of tax litigation solicitors specialise in high value and complex tax and financial products litigation.

If you think you have grounds to contest a will then it is important to act fast, preferably before a grant of probate is obtained.

Our trust dispute lawyers are experienced in helping clients resolve issues with trusts.

Our experience is that insurers are quick to decline cover but, on a more careful evaluation of the claim and the applicable legal and regulatory obligations, insurance can be reinstated and claims paid.

Taking a dispute to tribunal is costly, time consuming and distracting, which is why more and more employers are actively embracing mediation as their preferred way to resolve disputes with employees. Under the Employment Tribunal Rules, tribunals are actively required to encourage parties to use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) routes, such as mediation.

More and more disputes among farming families following the death of a family member are being reported in the press. It is not unusual to have several generations of the same family working a farm.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already influencing a range of industries, but questions over the ownership of intellectual property (IP) could lead to complicated legal disputes, a solicitor from leading Midlands law firm Wright Hassall warns.