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Gordon Deane
Our Commercial litigation team has an exceptional breadth and depth of experience across the litigation field. Our work ranges from routine Sheriff Court actions, through to novel, complex and high value cases in the Court of Session, the United Kingdom Supreme Court and cases before specialised tribunals and bodies.
We have four solicitor advocates with extended rights of audience which entitles them to appear in the upper civil courts, who are Elaine Motion, Fiona Muirs and Robert Holland.
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Gordon Deane
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Elaine Motion
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Fiona Muirs
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David McIntosh
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David Short
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Sindi MulesCommercial Contract Disputes
Disputes involving sale of goods/supply of services
Shareholder and Partnership disputes, including “Minority Protection” actions
Disputes arising from corporate transactions including breach of warranty claims and enforcement of restrictive covenants
Insolvency
Judicial factors
We recently advised a nationwide franchise company in connection with a dispute involving the termination of a franchise agreement in Scotland.
This involved proceedings in the Commercial Court at the Court of Session.
The pursuers were able to obtain a number of Court Orders during the early stages of the litigation in order to recover property previously held by the franchisee.
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James Hyams, Carolyn Jackson, and Peter Littlefair took up their new positions - in the private client, clinical negligence, and personal injury teams respectively - from 1st July.
The question of what kind of future we want for civil litigation in Scotland was the central thrust of the recent Judicial Institute conference, entitled “Civil Business after Covid”.
A recent English decision proves that wording in insurance policies is paramount for companies pursuing business interruption claims.