Health & Social Care Sector
Dispute and Litigation

The health and social care sector presents unique commercial challenges that require specialist legal expertise. Our team understands the commercial and regulatory pressures affecting health and social care providers and delivers practical advice that protects organisations while maintaining focus on delivering safe, high-quality care.

Disagreements between shareholders, directors or business partners can place health and social care organisations under significant pressure. We advise on ownership disputes, governance issues, partnership disagreements and business exits with sensitivity and commercial focus. By understanding the wider objectives of the organisation, we develop solutions that minimise disruption and support the continued delivery of healthcare and social care services.

When professional advisers fail to meet the required standard, the financial and operational consequences can be significant. We advise health and social care providers pursuing or defending professional negligence claims involving solicitors, accountants, surveyors, consultants and other advisers. Our commercially focused approach helps clients recover losses where appropriate while ensuring disputes are managed efficiently. We provide practical guidance designed to protect both immediate business interests and long-term organisational resilience.

In some circumstances, businesses require immediate legal action to prevent significant harm. We advise our health and social care clients on obtaining and responding to injunctions and other forms of urgent interim relief, including freezing orders, restrictive covenant disputes and the protection of confidential information.

Acting quickly and decisively, we provide clear guidance through what are often highly pressured situations. Our objective is to safeguard our clients’ assets, reputation and commercial position while pursuing practical solutions that support ongoing business continuity and enable them to continue to provide vital health and social care services.

For businesses facing litigation, our Acuity Reputation Management Service provides a specialist crisis and corporate reputation management tool for businesses across all sectors.

Acuity Reputation Management can support your business across a wide range of reputational threats, often created through public disputes or litigation; from defamation to negative media, our team of legal experts will work closely with you, in partnership, to resolve any threat to your business as quickly as possible.

Health and social care providers operate within a complex regulatory landscape where contractual and compliance issues often overlap. We support clients facing disputes involving regulatory obligations, contractual performance and relationships with commissioners or public bodies.

Our experience within the health and social care sector enables us to provide integrated advice that considers both legal risk and operational impact.

Property disputes can have a direct impact on health and social care operations and service continuity. We advise clients on landlord and tenant disputes, lease interpretation, rent reviews, dilapidations, boundary issues and property-related contractual claims. Our lawyers understand the importance of maintaining operational premises and work proactively to resolve disputes without unnecessary disruption. Where litigation cannot be avoided, we provide robust representation focused on protecting our health and social care clients’ commercial interests.

Unpaid debts can place unnecessary pressure on cash flow and distract businesses from their core health and social care activities. We can assist clients in recovering outstanding sums efficiently and effectively through a range of legal options; from issuing formal demands and negotiating repayment arrangements to pursuing court proceedings and enforcing judgments, our approach is to work closely with you to provide the very best outcome possible.

Mediation provides businesses with an opportunity to resolve disputes efficiently, confidentially and without the expense and uncertainty of court proceedings. Our team guides clients through every stage of the mediation process, helping them prepare strategically and negotiate effectively. By encouraging constructive dialogue and creative problem-solving, our mediation service can help businesses achieve outcomes that are both commercially sensible and legally robust.

Arbitration offers a private and flexible alternative to litigation. Our specialists advise clients throughout the arbitration process, from drafting effective arbitration clauses to representing their interests during proceedings and enforcing awards. We combine detailed legal expertise with a deep understanding of our clients’ priorities to develop clear strategies focused on achieving efficient resolutions.