England - East Anglia • Dispute resolution
Roythornes Solicitors
Roythornes Solicitors' team is handling a growing number of disputes from its Alconbury office. The firm frequently acts for blue-chip companies in complex and high-value claims, including company disputes, shareholder disputes and general commercial litigation matters. Peter Cusick in Spalding and the ‘calm, likeable, and very commercial’ Alex Forster in Alconbury co-lead the practice, which has ‘proper experience of judicial review, the administrative court and European law'.
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Testimonials
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‘Roythornes is rich with talent in East Anglia and is able to offer real life experience and skill in handling the more esoteric areas of law that other firms cannot. They are able to deal with causes of action that other firms are unable to and have proper experience of judicial review and the administrative court and European law.'
‘Robert Carter was very knowledgeable about the commercial litigation we required. As a result, our dispute was solved quickly and effectively.’
‘Alex Forster is excellent, calm, likeable, and very commercial in outlook. He is also strong tactically and not afraid to push hard to get results.'
'Alex Forster is excellent across construction and commercial litigation. He works incredibly hard, and is robust, careful and commercial in his approach, as well as a tenacious fighter.'
'The team moved very quickly and gave very clear explanations of issues and costs. They provided possible next steps and the pros and cons of each one throughout.'
'Really clear explanations of some complex legal issues.'
Key clients
- Frontier Agriculture Limited
- Allison Homes
- Tilia Homes Limited
- Naylor Produce Limited
- TGW Limited
- Owl Homes Limited
- Gilbert and Goode Limited
- Mattioli Woods plc
- Ashley King (Development) Limited
- Lawrence David Limited
- BA Bush & Son Limited
- Reydon Sports plc
- Mockbeggar Limited
Work highlights
- Advised minority shareholders in a family investment company valued in the region of £5m during unfair prejudice proceedings for relief ,including in the enforcement of a de-merger agreement.
- Advised a large construction company in a breach of contract dispute within a total value of £500k relating to the termination of telecommunications services.
- Advising a farm in relation to their breach of contract and/or negligence claim against a specialist contractor and their insurer relating to the design, supply and construction of an Anaerobic Digestion plant, with an estimated value of £500k.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Peter Cusick, Alex Forster