Resolving business disputes : how to get better outcomes from commercial conflicts /

Resolving business disputes : how to get better outcomes from commercial conflicts /

Resolving Business Disputes will give company directors, business executives and other commercial decision-makers a unique and essential insight into how to resolve business disputes and to reach the best outcomes by making effective decisions. The book is a guide, explaining the unique choices crea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bate, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Spiramus Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Conflict management.
Dispute resolution (Law)
Business enterprises > Law and legislation.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. BUSINESS DISPUTES
  • THE PROBLEM EXPLAINED
  • 2. THE LAW: RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
  • 2.1. Rights
  • 2.1.1. Sources of rights and duties
  • Contracts
  • Property rights
  • Trusts
  • Statutory rights
  • Torts and other civil wrongs
  • 2.1.2. Contract disputes (1)
  • 2.1.3. Contract disputes (2)
  • the pandemic
  • 2.2. Remedies
  • 2.2.1. Order for the payment of money
  • 2.2.2. Injunction
  • 2.2.3. Declaration
  • 2.2.4. Remedies: further questions
  • 3. BINDING DECISIONS
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Litigation: court proceedings
  • 3.3. Non-payment
  • Is there a dispute at all?
  • 3.3.1. Insolvency
  • 3.3.2. The debtor who knows payment is due but refuses to pay
  • 3.4. Other types of binding decision
  • 3.4.1. Introduction
  • 3.4.2. Arbitration
  • 3.4.3. Expert determination
  • 3.4.4. Adjudication
  • 3.4.5. Financial Ombudsman
  • 3.5. Litigation, arbitration and expert determination compared
  • 4. WHO WILL WIN?
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Finding the facts
  • 4.2.1. The factual dispute: the problem of two worlds
  • 4.2.2. Witnesses: perception, bias and memory
  • 4.3. Forecasting: advice on the litigation outcome
  • 4.3.1. What is an advice on the merits?
  • 4.3.2. Key aspects of an advice on the merits
  • 4.3.3. Probability of success
  • 4.3.4. Underlying assumptions and information
  • 4.3.5. Decision trees
  • 4.3.6. Outcome prediction software
  • 4.3.7. Bias and litigation forecasting
  • 4.3.8. Limitations on outcome predictions
  • some data and further considerations
  • 4.3.9. Best use of forecasting
  • 4.3.10. Covid-19 and further outcome uncertainties
  • 4.4. The Trial: Judicial Decision-Making and the Trial Outcome
  • 4.4.1. The jigsaw of facts
  • 4.4.2. Legal principle, the overall merits and 'dirty dogs'
  • 4.5. Conclusion
  • 5. LAWYERS, THEIR FEES AND LEGAL COSTS
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Funding your own costs
  • 5.2.1. Payment on the usual basis
  • Solicitors and barristers
  • Client remains liable to pay fees if it 'wins' the case
  • 5.2.2. Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs)
  • Main type of CFA
  • Other CFA arrangements
  • 5.2.3. Third party funding (TPF)
  • 5.2.4. Damages-based agreements (DBAs)
  • 5.2.5. Insurance
  • 5.2.6. Settlement offers under CFA, TPF and ATE arrangements
  • 5.3. Costs-shifting orders
  • 5.3.1. When is a cost-shifting order made
  • and for how much?
  • 5.3.2. Further considerations
  • Who was the winner?
  • Unreasonable refusal to mediate, etc
  • Cases for recovery of fixed costs only
  • Pre-trial costs
  • Non-parties
  • Effect on CFAs and other funding arrangements
  • 5.4. 'Insuring' legal costs exposure through court processes
  • 5.4.1. Introduction
  • 5.4.2. Part 36 Offers
  • Introduction
  • Defendant's Part 36 Offer
  • Claimant's Part 36 Offer
  • Part 36 Offers: conclusion
  • Open offers
  • 5.4.3. Security for costs
  • 5.5. Comparison with arbitration and expert determination

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