Kidwells is aware that people will run to court before they contemplate walking towards a settlement. This rushing into civil litigation has a costs consequence later whether successful at the final hearing or not.

Kidwells offers a real business understanding of civil litigation and how it will affect your business now and in the future.

A thorough investigation of the issues is essential in a modern litigation matter.

More often than not, a matter can be resolved through mediation, which is more often than not cheaper and less time consuming than civil litigation. The advantage of mediation is that if the matter is not settled then the issues are narrowed and therefore the dispute is more easily and quickly dealt with at court and therefore more time and cost effective.

This is the business understanding that Kidwells offer to :-

• small claims ( up to £5,000),
• fast track claims ( between £5, and £15,000) and
• multi track claims (over £15,000)

You must remember that disputes ending in the fast track or above have very real litigation risks (if you lose you pay the winners legal costs) where the legal expenses can cause considerable difficulty to a business cash flow situation.

The real truth is that all costs are rarely recovered from the loser therefore all options must be explored to avoid heavily subsidising the claim that can take the profit out of wining.

As well as the typical disputes that businesses and individuals experience Kidwells also offers expert legal advisers in:-

• Insolvency (personal and corporate)
• Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVA)
• Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA)
• Administration
• Charges and land registry cautions and notices
• Partnership formation
• Partnership disputes
• Landlord and tenant disputes ( both residential and commercial)
• Commercial litigation
• Civil litigation
• Boundary disputes
• Debt recovery
• Mediation
• Party wall (etc) Act notices and disputes