Litigation
UK Guide 2025 : The South
Band 2
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Provided by DMH Stallard LLP
With an established reputation in this field, the lawyers in our Commercial Dispute Resolution and Litigation team are highly skilled in managing and resolving all types of corporate and commercial disputes. Operating across many sectors, our service is tailored and highly responsive to the needs of our clients as well as the nature of the dispute.
We are as effective at dealing with complex and high-value disputes as we are at dealing with more routine matters such as debt recovery; our focus remains on achieving practical outcomes with a real commercial advantage.
This large team has significant expertise across all major dispute types. Our clients include several of the world’s leading banks, a number of high profile professional services and educational establishments and well known corporate entities. Our service extends to franchising disputes, fraud recovery, insurance disputes, professional negligence, defamation and reputation management.
Whilst being experienced and successful litigators, we also embrace mediation, arbitration and expert determination as ways of resolving disputes on pragmatic and commercial terms. All senior members of the team are accredited mediators or arbitrators including the head of our regional dispute resolution group, Simon Elcock, James Colvin and Clive Lee. Jonathan Compton is an accredited arbitrator and is also dual-qualified as a barrister and solicitor.
Chambers Review
DMH Stallard covers a broad range of matters including shareholder, contractual and financial disputes. Its Crawley-based team acts for a distinguished roster of clients in the banking, construction and aviation sectors. The firm offers a dedicated debt recovery team, which operates in conjunction with its dispute resolution practice, acting for accountancy firms and companies.
Strengths
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"The firm provides a wide range of partners and support teams to handle all required issues."
"The team is efficient, puts together very good brief bundles and is easy to work with."
"I have used use DMH due to their speed of response, the fact they have strength in depth across all the commercial areas I need advice on and for their overall value for money."
"We find them an incredibly user-friendly firm, and one we would recommend to prospective clients in terms of how they manage their time."
"The firm provides a wide range of partners and support teams to handle all required issues."
"The team is efficient, puts together very good brief bundles and is easy to work with."
"I have used use DMH due to their speed of response, the fact they have strength in depth across all the commercial areas I need advice on and for their overall value for money."
"We find them an incredibly user-friendly firm, and one we would recommend to prospective clients in terms of how they manage their time."
Notable Practitioners
Simon Elcock is DMH Stallard's head of dispute resolution. He assists clients with a range of disputes in the banking sector, including damage claims.
"Simon Elcock is a fantastic lawyer and incredibly good manager who puts the client quickly at ease, both because of his own experience and his ability to manage cases and dissect what the problem is."
"Simon Elcock displays a strong commercial vision, and delivers great advice and all-round service."
"Simon Elcock is an inspirational leader."
James Colvin represents clients in an array of complex disputes, including loan default and financial claims. He has a particular focus on advising financial and professional services companies.
"James Colvin is very knowledgeable and has a high degree of commercial understanding. He is very responsive and provided excellent advice."
"James Colvin has an incredible attention to detail and provides a tremendous amount of support."
"James is my primary contact at DMHS and I find him to be excellent in every aspect of his service."
Nicola Billen has a broad commercial litigation practice which encompasses disputes stemming from the IT and manufacturing sectors.
"Nicola's work has been provided to a high standard."
Ranked Lawyers at
DMH Stallard LLP
The South
Members
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Jonathan Compton
Oliver Jackson
Robert Ganpatsingh
Head of Department
Tim Ashdown
Industries
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Banking and finance
Charities
Education
Entertainment
Information Technology
Local Government
Professional Services
Retail