Personal Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Dealing with a legal dispute can be a time-consuming and stressful experience.  It is easy for matters to become personal and heated, and concerns about the costs of enforcing your rights certainly don’t help.  Our litigation and dispute resolution specialists will help you assert your rights and give expert, cost-effective advice to get your problem resolved.

Here are some of the areas in which our Litigation and Dispute Resolution team can help:

At Backhouse Solicitors we are experts in litigation and can help you enforce or defend your rights in the face of an injustice.  Our expert team will work with you to establish the right solution for you, taking account of your budget and your appetite for risk.

In some cases, a dispute might just need a legal letter to get things moving.  It can be easy for the other side to ignore your letters and emails, but a formal letter from your solicitors will usually prompt them into engaging properly with you.

Every case is different, and from there our skilled negotiators could reach an informal agreement on your behalf, seek a formal agreement through mediation or alternate dispute resolution, or if that fails we can start court proceedings.

The first step will usually be to try and reach a negotiated agreement without going to court.  Many cases settle this way and it is usually (although not always) cheaper than formal court proceedings.  It does rely on both parties being prepared to negotiate, and if there have already been heated discussions, or differences are too large then this may not be an option.

If initial negotiation is unsuccessful, we can suggest a more formal approach of Alternative Dispute Resolution, such as mediation or arbitration.  A mediator is an independent third party who acts as a go-between and helps both sides reach an agreement.  We can arrange for good mediators and would usually help you put your case forward in the negotiations.