Disputes

As a business owner or manager, you’re bound to run into the occasional dispute at some point in your company’s development – often through no fault of your own.

Disputes of any kind can be financially draining, drawn out and stressful – to say nothing of distracting you from your core role of running your business. Seeking the right legal advice fast is vital to prevent a hitch becoming a headache.

Because we care about you and your livelihood, we can act as your trusted partner through disputes large and small, with a dedicated focus on securing the best possible outcome for you.

We’re there for straightforward honest advice whenever you need us and whatever the nature of your dispute – commercial, property, land, debt recovery and more.

Of course, all law firms says that. But we’ve got industry bible, the Legal 500, to back us up. Its independent experts say we solve disputes ‘in the most advantageous and cost-effective way’.

As far as we’re concerned, that’s the only way to do it.

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Chris Harper

Partner

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Chris specialises in Commercial Litigation and heads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team in Exeter. His aim is to combine technical ability and business acumen to achieve the most cost effective outcome for his clients.

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Davina Haydon

Associate

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Davina is Team Leader of the Dispute Resolution Team in St Austell. She was born and brought up in Cornwall but studied law at the University of London and qualified with the City firm, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.

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Mark Richardson

Partner

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Mark Richardson is a Partner and leads up the Property Litigation team at Stephens Scown. He qualified with the firm in 1992, having completed his training at the Truro office. He moved to the firm's Exeter office in 2002 where he established the Property Litigation team within the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team.

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Brian Dolan

Partner

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Brian is the Litigation Team Leader in Truro. He trained as a solicitor with one of the leading international law firms with whom he spent 10 years after qualification, returning in 2008 to Cornwall where he grew up and was educated.

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Mark Stubbs

Partner

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Mark qualified in 1978 having trained with the firm and came to Truro in 1982 to open the Truro office. He covered a wide range of work as the office expanded, specialising in civil litigation for the past 15 years, with a particular liking for contractual disputes, interest rate swaps and other financial derivatives claims, property litigation and professional negligence.

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Philip Snell

Partner

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Philip is a partner and works in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team in St Austell.

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Catherine Mathews

Partner

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Catherine is a Partner in the litigation and dispute resolution team in Exeter. She trained with Stephens Scown and qualified as a solicitor in January 2005.

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Catherine Brealey

Associate

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Catherine grew up in Cornwall and studied Law and Spanish at Exeter University, before returning to Cornwall upon graduation with a First Class Honours degree.

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Phil Gregory

Partner

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Phillip is a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution team and has been with Stephens Scown since 1989. Phillip specialises in private client litigation, with particular expertise in contentious probate, property disputes between co-habitees and other claims arising out of joint ownership of property.

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James Burrows

Associate

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James studied science before converting to Law. Originally from Bristol, he trained in our Exeter office before moving to our Truro office on qualification in April 2007.

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