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Cross-border Claims
Many of the cases with which we deal at Colman Coyle have a cross-border element. English law and jurisdiction of the English Courts is something that is often written into contracts even where some or all of the parties may not be English. Indeed, approximately 65% of the cases commenced in the Commercial Court in England do not have an English party involved.
Particular expertise is required when dealing with cross-border disputes. Clients may have little or no familiarity with the English procedure and practice and, apart from understanding the pure legal issues, there can often be cultural issues influencing matters which need to be taken into account.
These claims may be the subject of litigation in England but equally the parties may well have agreed an arbitration provision which will include reference to one of the administering bodies such as ICC, LCIA etc. It is important to have experience in this field and in jurisdictional issues generally as, in some cases, a decision as to whether or not to seek to challenge the jurisdiction needs to be taken very quickly.
Colman Coyle regularly act for and advise clients involved in cross-border issues and so are well placed to consider all of these matters and we work regularly with not only the clients themselves but also often with their local counsel.
Through our international network we also have access to a large number of professional advisers who are well known to us and can provide assistance in most countries in the world should it be necessary.
Colman Coyle’s position in this regard is quite unique as their expertise covers areas and issues which are frequently only dealt with by the very much larger law firms which, in many cases, would not be suitable for some clients.