Dispute Resolution

Herrington Carmichael is a full service law firm offering legal advice to UK and international businesses as well as individuals and families.
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Dispute Resolution

Meet your Dispute Resolution team

Dedicated professionals ready to assist you.

Stephen Baker PNG
Stephen Baker
Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution
Edward Jones PNG
Edward Jones
Partner, Dispute Resolution
James Musallam PNG
James Musallam
Senior Solicitor, Dispute Resolution
Oliver Williams PNG
Oliver Williams
Solicitor, Dispute Resolution
Florrie-Aylward-PNG
Florrie Aylward
Solicitor, Dispute Resolution
Chloe-Santer-PNG2
Chloe Santer
Solicitor, Dispute Resolution
Mike Pollard PNG
Mike Pollard
Legal Director, Will, Trust & Estate Disputes
Jed Temple PNG
Jed Temple
Senior Solicitor, Dispute Resolution
Daniel Leitao PNG
Daniel Leitao
Solicitor, Dispute Resolution
Francesca Falzarano PNG
Francesca Falzarano
Solicitor, Will, Trust & Estate Disputes

Dispute Resolution Services

Boundary Disputes

Receiving early expert advice can be critical to ensuring the dispute is settled amicably, before tempers flare and costs escalate. We have an experienced team of dispute resolution lawyers who can advise on the legal position of your boundary, consider the practical aspects of your situation and negotiate a resolution.

International

Our international legal services support our network of clients and referrals worldwide. Herrington Carmichael has a diverse client-base covering multi-national organisations, entrepreneurial businesses and individuals, we regularly provide and coordinate advice on international legal projects across a range of jurisdictions.

Our services include:

Land Disputes

Whether you are a landlord, commercial tenant or land owner, our experience covers a range disputes from the complex and high value to the more modest. We represent clients in the courts, property tribunals, adjudication, and alternative dispute resolution procedures, including mediation, to resolve disputes. We understand your concerns to avoid the expense and distraction that disputes can bring and we will work with you to find a solution to your problem.

Our approach is tailored to you to provide an effective strategy. We have a dedicated team of Dispute Lawyers with a range of expertise and experience dealing with property disputes.

Property Dispute Expertise:

  • Property Disputes
  • Construction Disputes
  • Land Disputes
  • Landlord & Tenant Disputes
  • Restrictive Covenants

Residential Landlord & Tenant Disputes

Residential Landlord and Tenant

We specialise in acting for Landlords and Managing Agents with significant property portfolios as well as representing Landlords and Tenants of larger residential properties.

It is important that as a landlord you comply with the legislation when managing your property so as to avoid claims being made against you.

Examples of possible disputes between landlords and tenants are:

  • Tenants have stopped paying their rent.
  • Damage to the property or disruptive behaviour.
  • Dispute with the letting agents.
  • Tenant eviction.
  • Service charge and insurance claims.

We can assist you in giving practical advice on how to manage your relationship with your tenant or landlord, prepare the documentation you need and ensure that if court proceedings become necessary they are handled in a cost effective and time efficient manner.

We do not advise:

  • Tenants on Housing Law
  • publicly funded Legal Help / Legal Assistance scheme (Legal Aid). If you are in receipt of benefits or think you may qualify for the scheme it may assist you to make enquiries of your local Citizens Advice Bureau or a firm offering Legal Aid advice.

Wills & Inheritance Disputes

Are you looking to contest a Will or perhaps you are experiencing a probate or inheritance dispute? Our specialist lawyers can advise you on all types of disputes relating to Wills, Trusts and Estates.

Whether you are an Individual Beneficiary, a Trustee, an Executor or an Administrator, whether you are a Claimant or Defendant, we have experience in acting for you.

We are able to advise you on a wide range of claims, including:

  • Disputing the validity of a Will – particularly if you believe the maker of the Will did not have full mental capacity when they made the Will
  • If you have been left out of a Will altogether or are to receive much less than you had expected or less than has been left to e.g. your siblings
  • If the Executor or Trustee has not acted properly or is accused of not acting properly
  • If the Executors/Trustees are not sure how to deal with competing demands of beneficiaries

All Dispute Resolution Services

Our Boundary Disputes specialists are on hand to help you across a range of disputes.
Our International Legal Services and Expat Legal Services continue to support our business growth and our network of clients and referrals worldwide.
Our team of Property Dispute Lawyers are very experienced in a range of property & land disputes, both commercially and for residential.
Our team of Residential Dispute lawyers are very experienced when dealing with a range of property disputes between landlords and tenants.
Our specialist dispute lawyers can advise you on all types of disputes relating to Wills, Trusts and Estates.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to your most pressing questions about our services and processes.

The first question most people need to ask themselves – is the dispute worth it? For instance, it might not be worth making a claim if it is going to cost you almost as much as you’re claiming.

Mediation is a much faster and cheaper option than going to court. Mediation has been around for a long time and would be carried out at an agreed venue (a solicitors or a hotel, but not at court) with each side in separate rooms and the Mediator shuttling between rooms helping you find that compromise acceptable to you both. If agreement is reached, that will be written down there and then, signed by both sides and can then be sent to the Court to be sealed. It will have the same authority as any other Court Order and as long as the agreed terms are then carried out, it brings the formal Court case to an end. Speak to our Mediators for more information.