BANKING

 

Te department handles a proportion of the contentious work of the island's commercial banks and co-operative banks. This includes debt recovery, the realisation of security, the enforcement of guarantees and insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings.

 

INSURANCE AND PERSONAL INJURY

 

The firm acts for a large number of insurance companies and has considerable experience of general insurance litigation and a well established specialisation in personal injury claims arising from both road traffic and employer's liability. The department also acts for claimants where no conflict of interest exists.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

A specialist unit made up of lawyers in the company/commercial department and the litigation department handle disputes relating to patents,trade marks,copyrights and designs. The department recently acted for a number of multinational pharmaceutical companies against local pharmaceutical manufacturers in respect of patent infringements.