Case Studies

Six matters, start to finish

Every case study below is invented. No client, matter, figure or outcome described here is real.

Case 01 · Corporate Law

Negotiated exit for a departing co-founder

“We were preparing for a fight and ended up with a plan. The deferred structure made the whole thing possible.”

Managing Director, design agency (fictional)

Client challenge: Two founders of an eight-year-old design agency reached an impasse. One wished to leave; the other could not fund a buy-out in a single payment, and the articles were silent on valuation.
Legal strategy: We agreed an independent valuation mechanism, structured the consideration across three deferred instalments secured against company assets, and rewrote the articles to prevent the same deadlock recurring.
Outcome: The exit completed within eleven weeks with no interruption to trading, and the remaining founder retained the entire client base.

Case 02 · Family Law

Financial settlement resolved without proceedings

“Priya kept the temperature down when neither of us could. The children never had to notice any of it.”

Private client (fictional)

Client challenge: A separating couple with two school-age children and a jointly owned home faced escalating costs and a breakdown in direct communication.
Legal strategy: We moved the matter into structured mediation, prepared a full asset schedule in advance and set out three settlement scenarios with the housing consequences modelled for each.
Outcome: A consent order was agreed at the second mediation session, the children remained in the family home, and total costs were a fraction of a contested route.

Case 03 · Contract Disputes

Recovery of a disputed six-figure invoice

“The letter did the work. It was the first time anyone had laid the sequence of events out properly.”

Finance Director, manufacturer (fictional)

Client challenge: A manufacturing client had delivered in full but faced a refusal to pay based on alleged specification failures raised eight months after delivery.
Legal strategy: We assembled the sign-off correspondence into a chronology, issued a detailed letter before action and offered a single, time-limited settlement window before proceedings.
Outcome: Payment in full plus contractual interest was received nineteen days after the letter was sent, without proceedings being issued.

Case 04 · Employment Law

Improved terms in a redundancy consultation

“I had been ready to sign the first offer. The advice paid for itself many times over.”

Senior manager, financial services (fictional)

Client challenge: A senior employee was placed at risk in a restructure and offered a settlement agreement with a short deadline and restrictive post-termination covenants.
Legal strategy: We identified defects in the selection process, quantified the realistic value of a claim and negotiated on both the payment and the scope of the restrictions.
Outcome: The settlement figure increased substantially, the non-compete period was halved and an agreed reference was included.

Case 05 · Commercial Property

Lease renewal with a protected break right

“The schedule of condition alone saved us more than the entire legal fee.”

Operations Partner, professional practice (fictional)

Client challenge: A growing practice was offered a ten-year renewal with upward-only reviews, full repairing obligations and no flexibility to expand elsewhere.
Legal strategy: We negotiated a rolling break at year five, capped the service charge, limited repair liability to a schedule of condition and secured a rent-free period for reinstatement works.
Outcome: Occupancy cost over the term reduced by an estimated fifth, with an exit route retained if the business outgrew the space.

Case 06 · Wills & Probate

Estate administration across contested beneficiaries

“James handled a difficult family with real tact. We are all still speaking to each other.”

Executor (fictional)

Client challenge: An executor inherited responsibility for an estate containing a shareholding, two properties and four beneficiaries who disagreed on whether to sell or retain.
Legal strategy: We separated the administration from the disagreement: assets were valued and liabilities settled while a facilitated discussion ran in parallel on the distribution question.
Outcome: The grant was obtained in four months, one property was retained by agreement and the estate was distributed without any claim being issued.

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