UK Commercial Disputes: When to Litigate, When to Negotiate— A Practical Assessment Based on Legal Risk, Cost, and Prospects of Success

In UK commercial disputes, businesses most commonly react in one of two ways: “They’ve breached the contract — we must sue immediately.”“Litigation is too expensive — let’s just negotiate.” In practice, however, litigation and negotiation are not emotional choices, but strategic ones.Choosing the wrong path often means losing not because of the law itself, but […]