We have one of the leading dispute resolution and litigation teams in Manchester, with over twenty personnel specialising in handling disputes for our commercial client base.
Disputes and different points of view are facts of business life. It is not possible to avoid conflict entirely. The key is knowing how to address conflicts successfully and to learn from disputes for the future. Threats to your business and its future success demand immediate attention. Well considered strategies are required, together with effective implementation. This may involve, among other things, informal and formal negotiation, court proceedings, arbitration, mediation or some other form of alternative dispute resolution.
We work with our clients nationwide and globally to protect their interests, pursue their entitlements and enforce their rights, as well as strengthen their strategies for avoiding problems in the future.
We explore what ‘success’ means with our clients. We then help our clients decide how much to invest in a dispute, in both time and money, based on the likely return. These discussions will determine the resolution approach taken in a particular dispute.
We want our clients to see us as part of their team, trusted to deliver on time and on budget. Our ethos is founded on our people and their approachability. We are both commercially and emotionally intelligent. These qualities are central to our recruitment and progression paths. We want our people to develop long-term relationships with our clients. We encourage our clients to ‘pick up the phone and talk issues through’ with us.
Two of the partners in the team sit as deputy judges. A number of our solicitors are ranked in the leading legal directories as recommended practitioners. Recent feedback on our team has included the following comments:
Pannone Corporate are amongst the strongest and best commercial litigation teams in Manchester.
The team has vast experience and employs a pragmatic approach to achieving a resolution.
The litigation team at Pannone is knowledgeable, approachable, and want to work with you to provide the best outcome for your business.
What sets Pannone Corporate apart is their unwavering commitment to excellence, client care, and innovative legal solutions.
Our work includes disputes arising under major commercial contracts, contract termination disputes, post-transaction disputes including warranty and indemnity claims, disputes involving company directors and shareholders, commercial fraud, disputes among LLPs and partnerships, negligence by professional advisers, franchise disputes, agency disputes and disputes arising from restrictions in commercial and employment contracts. We handle pre-action work, proceedings in the Courts of England and Wales, and arbitrations.
We provide a fixed fee systemised process allowing our clients to recover unpaid debts at an agreed fixed cost.
We help our clients protect and defend the value in their creative assets, products and brands. We advise on copyright, counterfeits, database rights, domain names, parallel imports, passing off, patents, registered and unregistered design rights, and trademarks.
Our clients are business occupiers, portfolio owners and property developers. We advise on all aspects of litigation involving property ownership.
Our clients are trustees, trust corporations, executors and beneficiaries. We advise on the operation of trusts and wills, challenges to trusts and wills, and claims for reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975.
Court or arbitration proceedings are unavoidable for some disputes but are not always the most effective way to address disputes. Our commercial litigation solicitors are experienced negotiators as well as experienced trial litigators. We will, therefore, consider with you other techniques including informal and formal negotiation, mediation or some other form of alternative dispute resolution.
Contact Us: For new enquiries, please call us on 0800 131 3355 or complete our online enquiry form.
Our commercial litigation solicitors in Manchester understand that you require a dedicated team at your disposal. Our own ethos focuses on our people and their approachability. We want our people to develop long-term relationships with our clients, and we encourage our clients to ‘pick up the phone and talk issues through’ with us. Our clients know they can do this without fear of a bill. We want our clients to see us as part of their team, trusted to deliver on time and on a budget so if you need legal advice or assistance our local team of litigation solicitors Manchester are here to help.
Contact us on 0800 131 3355 to speak to our specialist team who can help your business today. Alternatively, you can fill in our online enquiry form and we will get back to you at a time that is convenient for you.
Our debt recovery team has a long and successful track record of recovering business to business debts. Some of the UK’s largest businesses trust us to recover what they are owed and our clients include Hilti ( UK), L’Oreal, PRS and DHL ( International). We also act for numerous smaller companies/SMEs and we have represented some of our longstanding clients for over 25 years.
Our team has worked together for many years and we work hard to get to know our client’s businesses and how they operate. By investing this time we can add real value to the debt recovery process and provide practical, effective advice as to the most appropriate route for collection. This advice is borne out of decades of experience.
We operate our debt recovery service on two alternative bases in terms of fees and costs.
If your call is in relation to a debt recovery matter with a reference starting PPL/ please contact
📞0161 509 5151
If your call is in relation to any other reference, please contact
📞0161 509 5181
If you are interested in using our services, please contact Paul Jagger on
📞0161 393 9012
How we can help
CONTENTIOUS TRUSTS AND PROBATE
We have extensive experience in dealing with the full range of estate and trust disputes, including disputes between trustees/executors and beneficiaries, contested Will matters and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. We are ranked as band 1 for private wealth disputes in both the Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 legal directories and we provide pragmatic and commercial solutions to complex problems and disputes involving wills, trusts & probate.
Contact us on 0800 131 3355 to speak to our specialist team who can help assist you should you find yourself involved in such a dispute. Alternatively, you can fill in our online enquiry form and we will get back to you at a time that is convenient for you.
Types of disputes covered
At Pannone Corporate, our contentious trusts and probate solicitors specialise in all manner of disputes in this area, including:
To get in touch, call us on 0800 131 3355 or use our contact form to enquire today for help surrounding wills.
Here at Pannone Corporate, our team of solicitors recognise that disputes concerning trusts and Wills are often very emotive and difficult. We adopt a collaborative approach with our clients and seek to take as much pressure off our clients as possible, whilst delivering clear advice. We strive to secure a resolution as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.
With regard to fees, we know cost effectiveness and transparency as to fees is fundamental and we keep our clients regularly updated with costs estimates and updates. We regularly revisit the costs/benefit of our disputes and also explore other funding options with our clients, such as third-party funding.
We have been described as clients in our approach as being:
“…attentive, caring, extremely efficient, helpful and supportive throughout”
“…extremely professional whilst at the same time remaining approachable and empathetic”
Our experience also allows us to advise clients involved in these types of disputes on wider issues, such as the position with companies or partnerships where an individual has died and ancillary matters arising as a result.
Contact us on 0800 131 3355 to speak to our specialist contentious probate solicitors who can help guide you through any dispute relating to a Will or trust. Alternatively, you can fill in our online enquiry form and we will get back to you at a time that is convenient for you.
Property underpins business. Most businesses require premises from which they can operate. Indeed, for many, property forms the very core of their undertaking.
The real estate litigation team, led by Gemma Staples, has a wealth of experience at providing commercial and pragmatic advice across the full range of real estate litigation matters including:
The team routinely handles technically complex and high value matters for landlords, tenants, developers and investors, with a particular focus on the retail sector. Its strength lies in managing risk and, when disagreements arise, preventing them from escalating into full blow disputes and formal litigation. It recognises that clients prefer to focus on the core of their business and litigation is generally an unwelcome distraction. It prides itself on offering straightforward and cost-effective advice and creative solutions to those problems.
Gemma Staples is ranked in The Legal 500 and Chambers UK and is noted in the 2025 editions as being a strong decision maker with an encyclopaedic knowledge of property law, extensive experience of related areas, high levels of commerciality and a sophisticated approach to complex problems.
Clients comment that Gemma is “exceptionally efficient and has a laser-like focus on the client’s real commercial objectives; she is highly skilled at cutting through to the issues that really matter”.
Legal 500 2025 further comments that that the team “are extremely client-focused and go above and beyond to provide sound advice based on current market trends and expectations.”
Clients include Ardagh Glass, the Emerson Group, Exertis, Manchester Central Convention Centre, New Balance, Total Fitness and the Tradebe Group.
Examples of recent cases include:
Inevitably, litigation does arise. When it does, we work with you, as part of your team to develop a commercial and pragmatic strategy to shape the process and achieve your goal. We ensure that work is proportionate and undertaken at the most efficient level. We provide transparent, stepped costings so that you can budget for what costs are going to be incurred, and when.
We are also adept at employing various methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution, including mediation and arbitration to encourage settlement outside of the court process. Our job is to manage your dispute and employ the correct range of tactics to bring it to a swift conclusion that you are comfortable with; so you can continue to focus on the core of your business.
