COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
ROBUST REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY FOR COMPLEX AND/OR HIGH-VALUE DISPUTES
Members of chambers have extensive experience in all aspects of commercial litigation in England and Wales with full rights of audience before every court in England and Wales including the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
Our members include specialists barristers authorised to appear as advocates and conduct litigation in all courts in England and Wales (including the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court), enabling them to act for business clients in commercial and business disputes from inception through to final resolution in all courts.
This allows an individual specialist barrister to assume responsibility for the strategic conduct of legal proceedings, including pre-action advice, pleadings, disclosure, interim applications, trial advocacy and enforcement, in all courts of England and Wales, including the County Courts, the High Court (Technology and Construction Court, Commercial Court and the Chancery Division), Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
The alignment of litigation management with robust advocacy by a specialist barrister ensures procedural decisions are taken with a clear view to how the case will ultimately be presented and determined in court, offering clients advocacy and litigation focused, accountable and cost-effective robust representation throughout the life of a dispute until its final determination.
SERVICES
- Strategic advice in commercial litigation from pre-action assessment through to final determination and enforcement of judgments in the High Court in order to obtain the best possible outcome.
- Advice on jurisdiction, governing law, forum and service in cross-border disputes.
- Assessment of merits, risk, and commercial exposure at all stages of proceedings.
- Pre-action strategy, including compliance with pre-action protocols and early tactical positioning.
- Drafting statements of case, including Particulars of Claim, Defence, Counterclaim, Replies and Applications.
- Procedural and case management strategy, including consolidation, costs budgets, strike-out, summary judgment and security for costs.
- Disclosure strategy and management, including complex and electronic disclosure.
- Evidence strategy, including factual and expert evidence.
- Interim remedies, including injunctions, freezing orders, security of costs and urgent relief.
- Settlement strategy and without prejudice advice, Part 36 Offers, mediation and other ADR.
- Advocacy at interlocutory hearings and trials in the High Court, County Court, including written and oral submissions.
- Attendance and advocacy at court hearings in the Technology and Construction Court, Chancery Division and the Commercial Court, including written and oral submissions in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
- Cross examination of factual and expert witnesses.
- Applications to the courts in support of domestic and cross-border litigation.
- Enforcement of adjudicator’s decisions, arbitrator’s awards and judgments in the High Court, including domestic and/or cross-border enforcement strategy.
- Appeals and appellate advocacy in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court.
HEAD OF CHAMBERS
Charles Edwards (2002) MSt(Cantab) MSc(Lond) MRICS MCIArb FCInstCES of Middle Temple, is a high performing Barrister.
- Barrister (2002) (Middle Temple)
- Technology and Construction Bar Association
- Chancery Bar Association
- Commercial Bar Association
- MSc(Lond) King’s College London
- MSt(Cantab) University of Cambridge, Wolfson College
WHY US
- Robust representation and focused advocacy where the stakes are high and the outcomes matter.
- We act decisively in complex commercial disputes combining rigorous legal analysis with clear strategic judgment to protect your commercial interests.
- We are trusted to handle business critical disputes in which financial exposure, reputation and strategic objectives are firmly at play.
EXPERIENCE
Advised a defendant in a Commercial Court claim for circa £2.9 million involving bonds, misrepresentation, and directors’ duties under the Companies Act 2006.
Acted for an international company regarding Applications in the High Court (QBD) under section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to stay legal proceedings commenced against the company in the High Court. This matter involved the oil and gas industry, international commercial law, the validity of an arbitration agreement, breach of contract and the jurisdiction of the High Court in England and Wales.
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