Commercial Disputes

Supporting Commercial Clients with Strategic, Practical and Cost-Effective Solutions

We are able to provide a comprehensive service to all commercial clients; we are able to listen and provide tactical advice to small traders and partnerships. Chambers prides itself on our reputation for seeking cost-effective and practical resolutions to commercial disputes whether through skilled negotiation or robust advocacy.

Our aim is to work with both the professional and lay clients to establish a fundamental understanding of the client’s objectives and business relationships. We understand the pressures of business and the need to be responsive and proactive. We provide a professional and approachable service and are able to assist in relation to urgent or short notice applications.

Experienced in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Members of Chambers represent clients at mediation and arbitrations.  We also have two qualified mediators who are able to conduct mediation, so as to assist clients in achieving resolution or minimising the costs of litigation.

  • No.18 Barristers Chambers is home to ‘incredibly talented barristers who are tenacious in their approach to achieving the best outcome for the client‘. One such practitioner is Laura Baines, ‘a walking legal encyclopaedia’ with notable expertise in public law proceedings, especially those surrounding care and supervision orders and matters concerning other jurisdictions. Nigel Cholerton is ‘an exceptionally skilled and compassionate advocate, particularly in sensitive areas like domestic abuse’, as well as disputes surrounding contact residence issues. Tracey Hennessey ‘is able to articulate complex legal arguments, making her a first port of call for complex cases’, and she is well-equipped to represents clients with mental health difficulties and issues of capacity in both public and private children law proceedings in cases arising from allegations of sexual and physical abuse, as well as neglect.

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We advise on:

  • Arbitration
  • Commercial fraud
  • Contractual disputes(hyperlink)
  • Enforcement
  • Freezing Orders
  • General injunctive relief
  • Interim relief
  • Joint ventures
  • Mediation(hyperlink)
  • Nuisance(hyperlink)
  • Procedural matters
  • Search and Seizure Orders
  • Third Party Debt Orders
  • Tracing
  • Warranty claims
  • Jurisdictional issues

The team is able to draw on its expertise in the following key areas: chancery work, insolvency, contractual disputes, immigration issues, professional negligence claims, partnership disputes and property law.

Chambers are accredited by the Bar Council as course providers and Members of chambers provide in house seminars, training and presentations, whether in house at the clients premises or here in chamber. For further information regarding are lectures please visit our seminars page

If you need any assistance in any of these areas, please contact our  clerking team for the on 023 80 73 6812  or e-mail clerks@no18chambers.com

Barristers with Expertise in Commercial Disputes Law at No.18 Chambers

Specialist in...

  • Private Law Children: Residence and Contact
  • Family: Finance
  • Employment & Discrimination
  • Chancery and Commercial
  • Property
  • Out of Court Solutions (NCDR)

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