
James Johnston
Head of Dispute Resolution
Business Commercial Litigation
Partnerships, Shareholder and Board Disputes
A fall out at board level or between partners can be catastrophic to business success and continuity. It is nearly always complex, time-consuming and stressful.
Our objective is to act quickly and decisively, with the protection of our client’s business interests and goals our key focus.
Working closely with our specialist Corporate team, we aim to cut out the time lost by our clients dealing with these matters - when you could be running and managing your business instead.
We get to the heart of the issues and provide strategic and solutions-focussed advice on the best way of navigating your dispute to resolution. That may be through court proceedings, expert determination, negotiation, mediation or a mix.
Our specialist Dispute Resolution lawyers have the expertise and experience in all of the following:
- Minority shareholder rights and claims
- Winding up petitions
- Personal and corporate insolvency matters
- Breaches of directors’ duties
- Proceedings under the Companies Act 2006
- Tracing assets and other equitable remedies

James Johnston
Head of Dispute Resolution

Johnny Coulthard
Senior Associate

Georgina Nicholls
Senior Associate

Grace Wren
Associate

Amanda Latimer
Trainee Solicitor

Sally Johnson
Practising Consultant
James Johnston
Head of Dispute Resolution
James is a Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution team
Johnny Coulthard
Senior Associate
Johnny is a Senior Associate in Burnetts' Dispute Resolution team
Georgina Nicholls
Senior Associate
Georgina is an Senior Associate in Burnetts' Dispute Resolution team
Amanda Latimer
Trainee Solicitor
Amanda is a Trainee Solicitor in Burnetts' Dispute Resolution team
Sally Johnson
Practising Consultant
Sally is a Practicing Consultant in Burnetts' Dispute Resolution team
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