Specialists in resolving complex disputes
We have 20 years’ experience of advising individuals, businesses and institutions going through the demanding and stressful experience of litigation.
Our clients may be in dispute over large sums of money or their life achievements, fundamental rights or personal liberty may be at risk.
Our service is essentially a personal one – we get to know our clients and understand their objectives and motivations.
We have a track record of providing robust and fearless representation to clients across the world in complex disputes. Our specialist areas are commercial disputes, public law and serious crime.
We achieve results.
Our clients have described our service as ‘upfront and expert’, our approach as ‘passionate and attentive’, and our conduct in litigation as ‘aggressive’.
QUIST SOLICITORS RANKED IN
LEGAL 500 (29 September 2011)
Our position as a public law specialist has been recognised by the
Legal 500 which has ranked us as a leading firm, recognising our particular specialism in acting for
Tier 4 colleges. Legal 500 is an independent directory of legal service providers, which ranks firms only after a thorough assessment of capability following confidential feedback from clients, lawyers and other professionals.
CHANGES TO
THE TIER 4
REGULATORY REGIME (16 April 2011) Changes recently announced will have far-reaching consequences for the private education sector in the UK. Read
here our analysis of the likely affect these changes will have and what our clients are saying about them.
TIER 4
CLIENTS TO
BENEFIT FROM A ‘
ONE STOP’
COMPLIANCE SOLUTION FOLLOWING OUR TIE-UP
WITH SPECIALIST CONSULTANCY VERISTAT (29 March 2011)
Read
here about the partnership and how together we can offer a unique value-added service to Tier 4 clients as they seek to sustain business models and reputations in an increasingly tough regulatory environment.
HUMAN RIGHTS (12 December 2010)
Article
III of the European Convention of Human Rights (the prohibition of torture or inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment) has been considered recently in the context of an extradition request by the United States. Our
update on the issues raised is available now.
TIER 4
LATEST
(26 September 2010)
Colleges providing student admissions under Tier 4 may be interested in our
latest briefing summarising a recent High Court decision which provides guidance on the level and quality of investigation the law expects from from the
UKBA when it makes decisions to revoke, suspend or downgrade Tier 4 licences. The note should be of interest to owners and administrators of private international colleges, in this fast-developing area of regulatory law.
TIER 4
(8 June 2010)
Owners and administrators of independent international colleges may be interested in our
latest briefing discussing our experience of advising over 30 institutions facing
UKBA investigations. If you are affected by the issues discussed in the briefing and would like to know how we can challenge the
UKBA to achieve real results for your institution, please
contact us.
