We have an extremely experienced and highly motivated litigation team, based at our Ashford commercial office, who are able to provide wide-ranging advice and assistance on dealing with all types of commercial and contractual disputes. At Girlings, our main aim is to guide clients towards a cost effective and speedy resolution and to avoid, wherever possible, an extended time consuming and costly litigation process.

Where litigation appears to be the only course open to a client, we do regularly represent our commercial clients (both large and small) in substantial matters in both the High Court and the local County Courts. Our services extend to other related commercial areas, including property litigation, landlord and tenant, partnership disputes, professional negligence claims and shareholder actions/disputes.

As well as providing advice about traditional forms of litigation, we can also advise you on alternative dispute resolution methods, including arbitration and mediation (both formal and informal), which an increasing number of our commercial clients are opting for nowadays.

In addition we provide a dedicated and cost effective debt recovery service, based at our Canterbury office, which deals with all steps from an initial 'letter before action' through to the issue of formal proceedings and the application for and enforcement of judgments.

Often an initial letter is sufficient to generate a positive response from the debtor. If further action is required, this is always dealt with in close consultation with the client to ensure costs are minimised throughout the process and unrecoverable debts are, hopefully, identified at the earliest possible opportunity.