Our Solicitors can help resolve and deal with all of your contractual disputes. Whether this is a supplier failing to fulfil their part of the contract or a client refusing to pay for the goods or services, we can advise you as to the course of action which will be most effective for you. Our Solicitors have substantial experience in considering contracts and advising on contracts and the most effective means of enforcement of contracts.
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Commercial Dispute Resolution
Our Dispute Resolutions Solicitors advise on a wide variety of Litigation Claims. Whatever the nature of the dispute our Dispute Resolution Solicitors have the expertise to deal with it effectively whether you are bringing a claim or defending one, our Specialist Solicitors at Ward Gethin can offer an accurate assessment of your legal position and rights. Our early involvement can help to resolve matters without the need to issue Court proceedings however, if Court proceedings are necessary, we will pursue them vigorously on your behalf.
Ward Gethin Solicitors have extensive litigation experience of both pursuing and defending legal claims.
We look for opportunities to achieve a swift solution, ideally achieving a satisfactory outcome for you without having to go to trial.
Committed to establishing and attaining your objectives as effectively and cost efficiently as possible the Solicitors can advise on:
Contractual Disputes
Commercial Litigation
Our experienced Solicitors are able to advise business clients in relation to any disputes. Our Solicitors will assess each and every claim and advise upon the best way to proceed with the claim including advising you on the commercial decision of whether to pursue your claim or whether to attempt to settle a claim and avoid litigation. Our Solicitors appreciate that you are a business and do not necessarily have the time to deal with litigation and therefore we will take these pressures away from you and conduct the claim as trouble free as possible. We appreciate the need to ensure the minimum disruption to your business whilst trying to achieve the best result.
We will work with you to solve any disputes cost effectively and as speedily as possible and most importantly so as to cause as little inconvenience to your business and its employees and managers. We highly recommend the use of alternative dispute resolution, if possible with the assistance of Mediators and Arbitrators however, we do appreciate that cases cannot always be settled and we will fearlessly pursue your claim or defend the claim against you in Court.
We will provide you with advice without the legal jargon and as well as giving you options to consider, we will clearly set out our opinion to you.
Debt Collection
If you are an individual or a business and are owed money by another party, our dispute resolution Solicitors can assist you with attempting to recover the debt on your behalf. We aim to supply cost effective debt recovery solution for you or your business. Where debts arise, we seek to recover all sums due, including costs and interest as quickly and efficiently as possible. It is important to act quickly in debt recovery matters and our Solicitors act on behalf of a number of local businesses in recovering their unpaid invoices.
With all of the above matters, we will work with you to provide you with a prompt, efficient and cost effective service to all of our clients.
If you require advice, then please do contact either Anissa Hallworth, our Head of the Civil Litigation Department or Kim Faivelowitz on 01553 660033 who will be more than happy to assist.
Funding Your Claim
For all dispute resolution matters, we offer an initial appointment at a fixed fee to offer you initial advice. It may be that you have insurance under a home insurance policy to cover the funding of your claim or you have insurance under your business policy which may be able to cover the cost of us acting on your behalf. Alternatively, we may be able to agree with you for you to make payments on a monthly basis in order to budget for your legal costs. Please contact Anissa Hallworth or Kim Faivelowitz to discuss this further.
Our Commercial Disputes Team
Kim Faivelowitz
Kim is a Legal Executive specialising in Dispute Resolution and Employment Law. She handles general civil litigation matters including contract disputes and landlord/tenant disputes. Kim advises on employment issues, including drafting and advising on employment contracts and she acts for employees and employers in Employment Tribunal claims. Kim also deals with agency work for other law firms and banks/building societies.
01553 660033
Anissa Hallworth
Anissa, a solicitor and head of the Civil Litigation department, specialises in Employment and Dispute Resolution matters. She acts for employers and employees in all aspects of employment law, from drafting or reviewing contracts through to representing them as an advocate in the Employment Tribunal. Anissa handles contractual business disputes, and also individual disputes on matters such as Wills and Trusts or Boundaries. On a personal level, Anissa is the Training Officer for the Local Law Society and a member of the Enterprising Women Group.
Richard Pennington
Richard, a solicitor since 1986 and partner at Ward Gethin since May 1991 where he is the Finance Partner. Richard now brings his over 20 years of litigation experience particularly of contentious financial issues to the areas of family law and professional negligence.
Richard is the supervising partner of the Civil Litigation and Employment Departments and carries out commercial and litigation work which has been carried out for regular clients for over 20 years.
He is a trained mediator, a Member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association and a member of Resolution (which is a group of lawyers committed to constructive resolution of family disputes).
In a personal capacity he is the Chair of YMCA Norfolk, a trustee of a number of local charities and a member of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship.
