Business and Commercial Disputes

Resolving commercial and fiduciary disputes with clarity, strategy, and trusted legal insight.

At BCR, we advise on the full spectrum of business and commercial disputes in Jersey.  Whether you are navigating a breakdown in commercial relationships, protecting shareholder rights, or involved in complex corporate litigation, we offer strategic, outcome-focused legal support tailored to your needs.


Our Expertise

We represent companies, directors, shareholders, and advisers across a wide range of contentious matters including:

  • Breach of contract and warranty disputes.
  • Shareholder and partnership disagreements.
  • Director conduct and fiduciary claims.
  • Regulatory investigations and compliance issues.
  • Debt recovery and enforcement.

From SMEs to startups, we work across the whole spectrum of industry in Jersey, including construction, finance, hospitality, retail, healthcare, charities, and digital and technology. We also collaborate with international counsel on cross-border cases and are adept at managing Jersey-based elements in global proceedings.


Our Approach

We begin by identifying your objectives, risks, and timelines. Our approach is pragmatic and proportionate. We prioritise early assessment and explore resolution opportunities before litigation. If court proceedings are necessary, our experienced courtroom advocates are ready to advise, support, and robustly represent you.
We guide clients through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and trial, balancing assertive representation with commercial sensibility.


Our Values in Action

Excellence: High quality strategic legal advice delivered with clarity and commerciality to enable clients to make informed decisions, minimise risk, and achieve their goals.

Delivery: Consistently excellent legal advice and representation delivered promptly, accurately, transparently, and clearly.

Respect: The provision of advice and representation with objectivity, courtesy and professionalism, always in consideration of our clients’ best interests and strategic aims.

Elegance: Professional but friendly and collaborative representation delivered with clarity and poise to provide a seamless and sophisticated service.


Why BCR Law

Clients trust us with significant business and commercial disputes because we offer:

  • Sensible, commercial, pragmatic counsel, underpinned by rigorous legal analysis.
  • Responsiveness and sound strategic and tactical guidance through the most complex of disputes.
  • Excellent courtroom advocacy.
  • Significant experience managing cross-border litigation or acting as part of a multi-jurisdictional team.
  • Clear advice at every stage of the process, allowing clients to understand their risks and make sound commercial decisions.

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