This is our most versatile department which focuses on dispute resolution of all kinds whether commercial, civil, criminal, constitutional, real estate and property or employment, in and outside Court. The Department has dealt with complex litigation relating Constitutional, Commercial, Civil and Criminal disputes
Our team in the department is highly experienced with adequate skills and knowledge. A pool of resources has been put up to ensure effective, efficient and timely service delivery to clients. The resources include established computer systems with internet connection throughout, and well established and interconnected email exchange for ease of communication among staff and clients.
The department is involved and has expertise in the following areas of practice:
- Corporate and commercial dispute resolution
- Contract dispute resolution;
- Insolvency Petitions or Liquidation and restructuring of companies;
- Bankruptcy;
- Tax dispute resolution;
- Public Law, Constitutional and Human Rights disputes;
- Administrative Law;
- Personal Accident disputes;
- Employment and labour law dispute resolution;
- Intellectual Property (Trademarks, Patents and Copyright infringement);
- Environment and Land disputes;
- Family Law Litigation (Divorce and Division of Matrimonial Property, Child Maintenance, Child Custody and Adoption);
- Insurance Claims;
- Bank-customer Disputes;
- Capital Market Disputes;
- Real Estate, Infrastructure and Construction Disputes;
- Alternative Dispute Resolution including Arbitration, Mediation;
- Criminal defenses and holding watching briefs for victims of crimes; and
- Product liability
The Department is committed to providing excellent and timely services to our clients regardless of their physical location (local, regional and international level). The department, through the firm, has partnered with other law firms and organizations to improve the quality and efficiency I service delivery to clients.
The firm’s dispute resolution services involve assistance with disputes and claims which may arise in the course of any commercial transaction or deal.
Such matters could arise between different companies, or between companies and individuals.
Issues which fall under dispute resolution range from contractual matters, banking transactions and fraud, to mergers and acquisitions, regulatory mechanisms or competition, corporate management and restructuring problems.
Often when people hear of dispute resolution, they think of lawyers taking claims to court or defending claims brought against their clients. However, due to the cost and damage to business relationships that occur during court battles, the firm often uses alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve complicated matters.
Often, the firm’s dispute resolution staff will begin by preparing documentation or undertaking research on relevant laws and case histories or drafting preliminary motions before the court. Eventually though, the dispute resolution mechanism will move on to more complex activities as you gain experience.
Dispute resolution is subject to frequent changes and developments over a period of time.
Here in Kenya, there are growing trends of the American style class action suits, protests against the escalating costs of court dispute resolution, third party funding and a noticeable growth in the number of solicitor advocates.
The firm’s dispute resolution staff have good communication and negotiation skills. The staff are not that much geared towards arguing cases but more to making cogent and reasoned cases in favor of our client’s interests.
The staff have a strong academic background and are flexible and creative when it comes to tackling new challenges.
The dispute resolution members of the firm have a keen sense of commercial awareness, a good command over legal and technical principles and the ability to present facts, law and strategies in a reasoned and persuasive manner.