Commercial and Contract Disputes

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"They listen, they care about clients and operate with integrity and creativity."

The Legal 500, 2025

"Strong across the board - no hesitation in recommending them."

The Legal 500, 2025

"The team is genuinely committed to clients - nothing is too much trouble."

The Legal 500, 2025

"They listen, they care about clients and operate with integrity and creativity."

The Legal 500, 2025

"The team is genuinely committed to clients - nothing is too much trouble."

The Legal 500, 2025

"Strong across the board - no hesitation in recommending them."

The Legal 500, 2025

"One of the best mid-market commercial litigation firms."

The Legal 500, 2024

Navigating your way through any dispute can be stressful, disruptive and damaging - and corporate disputes are no exception. We provide tactical and strategic advice to businesses and the individuals within them, protecting your rights, interests and reputations.

Commercial disputes are increasingly commonplace in today's climate of economic uncertainty. It is essential that you seek the right tactical advice as early as possible to minimise the impact to you and your business. Our experience in bringing and defending a wide variety of disputes for many different types and sizes of business means that we understand what it at stake and what it takes to get the best outcome for our clients.

Our experienced team of dispute resolution lawyers will work closely with you to fully understand the issues you are facing and explore the best approached to meet your commercial objectives. Our lawyers recognise that every dispute and every business is different and each will need its own tailored solution to suit your needs.

We draw on our considerable experience in dealing with a wide range of disputes arising out of all types of commercial activity.

This includes:

Sale and supply of goods and services
Agency, distribution and franchise agreements
Warranty and indemnity claims
Mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures
Retention of title
Trade finance
Exclusion and limitation clauses
Restrictive covenants
Breach of confidence
Professional negligence
Misrepresentation claims
Civil fraud
Breaches of trust and breaches of fiduciary duties
Unjust enrichment, knowing receipt and dishonest assistance
Economic torts, including procuring breaches of contract, causing loss by 'unlawful means conspiracy'

We recognise that disputes are not all about the courtroom, particularly where our clients are keen to preserve a commercial relationship and/or avoid adverse PR. We therefore encourage our clients, where appropriate, to explore other quick, practical and cost effective avenues to resolve their disputes, including mediation or other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and we shall guide you carefully through that process.

For more information, read our frequently asked questions on commercial and contract disputes.

What clients and directories have said

High-quality people with specialist experience and useful connections and resources. The team is genuinely committed to clients - nothing is too much trouble. They're also a standout group, because while being very bright and on top of the law, they're also very sensible and commercial.’

The Legal 500, 2025

They listen, they care about clients and operate with integrity and creativity. They make the experience of going to lawyers more pleasant."

The Legal 500, 2025

The team at Kingsley Napley has an excellent reputation and is viewed as expert in its fields. Also easy to work with and with strong commercial nous. Strong across the board - no hesitation in recommending them."

The Legal 500, 2025

One of the best mid-market commercial litigation firms in London, with a hugely busy and successful disputes team."

The Legal 500, 2024

The team at Kingsley Napley is calm, measured, and has the ability to be reassuring and focused in times of extreme stress."

The Legal 500, 2024

The team always offers the right service for the piece of litigation concerned, whether it is a nine-figure fraud dispute or a six-figure case for a private client. It has a broad range of expertise, covering the full range of commercial litigation (domestic and international), and I have been particularly impressed by the team’s careful planning of cases from the start"

The Legal 500, 2023

The KN team benefits from being able to draw on lawyers from a number of specialisms to put together teams which are particularly suited to individual disputes, whether they arise out of sporting and media contracts or international tax fraud. They are a lively bunch of people who are also extremely good lawyers."

The Legal 500, 2021

Strength in depth, with very good collaboration between departments in cases which straddle different legal disciplines."

The Legal 500, 2021

The team have a really varied practice, dealing with anything ... to “one-off” pieces of unusual litigation. The broad ranges of skills and experience adds value in all areas. In my experience, the litigation team is partner-led, but provides the associates beneath the partner(s) with considerable autonomy."

The Legal 500, 2021

They are focussed. They all work very well together. They put a team together on a case and that is the team – there are very few, if any, changes for the duration of the case. There is always heavy partner involvement both in strategy and overseeing the team. They are unique in the market because they are not large but they have a very big kick."

The Legal 500 UK, 2021