Complex disputes need clear thinking.
Commercial litigation can involve difficult law, extensive evidence, multiple parties and significant financial consequences.
The first task is to cut through that complexity.
What happened? What can be proved? What does the client need? And what is the most effective route to achieving it?
We are ready to go to court.
That does not mean every case should.
What we do
- Contractual and business disputes
- Shareholder and director disputes
- Company disputes
- Insolvency and contentious restructuring
- Fraud and asset recovery
- Trust and fiduciary disputes
- Professional negligence
- Insurance litigation
- Urgent and interim remedies
- Cross-border litigation
- Trials and appeals
Fraud, assets & urgent remedies
Commercial disputes sometimes require immediate action.
- Freezing injunctions
- Interim injunctions
- Disclosure orders
- Norwich Pharmacal relief
- Bankers Trust relief
- Preservation of property or evidence
- Security for costs
Urgent applications require more than knowledge of the legal test. Evidence must be assembled quickly, strategic consequences considered and the case presented effectively.
Cross-border disputes
The Isle of Man’s international business environment means commercial disputes frequently involve parties, assets, proceedings or advisers in other jurisdictions.
We regularly work with overseas lawyers and King’s Counsel on multi-jurisdictional cases while advising on the Manx proceedings and procedure.
Resolution
Commercial litigation is a means to an end.
A technically successful court result may have little value if it costs more than the dispute, damages an important commercial relationship or produces a judgment that cannot be enforced.
We therefore consider litigation alongside negotiation and mediation throughout the case.
Winning an argument is not necessarily the same as achieving the best commercial outcome.
Why Advocates Smith Taubitz Unsworth Ltd?
Commercial disputes benefit from a team accustomed to contentious work.
We combine local Manx expertise, courtroom advocacy and the ability to work effectively with external specialists where the scale or complexity of a case requires it.
