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Oxfordshire’s dispute resolution solicitors, delivering swift solutions and reducing conflict

Disputes can disrupt your life and business, creating stress and uncertainty. Finding a clear path to resolution requires expertise, strategy, and dedicated support. Whether you are facing a business disagreement or a personal conflict, understanding your options is the first step toward a positive outcome.

At SE-Solicitors, our dispute solicitors are passionate about fully understanding the nature of your issue and working with you to achieve a positive, speedy outcome. When a business dispute or personal conflict arises, knowing the options available to you is the foundation for moving toward a constructive resolution.

With offices in Oxford, Banbury, Bicester and Brackley, we provide London‑level legal expertise at a local cost. Whether we are supporting private individuals or local, national, and corporate clients, we take the time to listen, assess your circumstances, and guide you toward the most effective way forward, giving you a clear range of solutions and full visibility of the costs involved.

Our successful team of 6 specialist lawyers, led by Director Carol Shaw, provide a combined expertise and experience of 109 years.

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Dispute Resolution for Businesses

We provide businesses with the highest quality legal expertise and strategic insight to protect your business interests and resolve conflicts efficiently, minimising disruption to your operations. Our commercial dispute solicitors work to secure your assets and uphold your agreements.

Commercial Disputes

From company disputes to disputes involving directors and shareholders, our team navigate complex commercial disputes to safeguard your business interests and achieve the best possible outcome.

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Contract Disputes

Our team helps resolve breaches of contract and enforces the terms of your agreements. We work to ensure that your business relationships are protected and that all obligations are met.

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Insolvency

Prompt legal advice is vital when your business is going through financial difficulties. We provide pragmatic and straightforward expert advice on a wide range of issues surrounding corporate insolvency.

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Construction Disputes

Building and construction disputes can be complex. Our relationship-driven lawyers have the expertise to resolve your construction dispute successfully, quickly and cost-effectively.

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Debt Recovery

Unpaid invoices can strain your cash flow. We provide effective strategies for debt recovery, helping you recover what you are owed quickly and professionally.

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Commercial Property & Land Disputes

Disputes over property or land can cause disruption, uncertainty and time pressures. We can act swiftly to understand your needs and handle every aspect of your property and land dispute to ensure a prompt resolution.

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Partnership Disputes

Internal conflicts can jeopardise your business. We offer clear, strategic advice to navigate partnership or shareholder disputes and find a constructive way forward.

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Professional Negligence

If you have suffered damage or loss due to a professional such as a financial adviser, valuer, surveyor, accountant or solicitor, our specialist team can help you.

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Banking & Finance Litigation

Our Banking & Finance Litigation team delivers swift, strategic commercial advice to help clients resolve complex financial disputes where timing is critical.

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Residential Portfolio Property Recovery

We know how frustrating it can be when you’re owed money and can’t collect it. If tenants are not paying their debts, our team can help with a range of debt recovery services.

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Comprehensive Support for Individuals

Personal disputes require careful and professional handling. With a deep understanding of your interests, our Dispute Resolution team offer discreet and effective support to help you resolve sensitive issues and protect your personal interests.

Residential Property & Land Disputes

Disagreements over property boundaries, tenancy agreements, or ownership can be complex. Our relationship-driven solicitors provide clear guidance to help you resolve these matters.

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Employment Disputes

If you are facing issues like unfair dismissal, discrimination, or contract disagreements, our team can protect your rights and achieve the best possible outcome in an employment dispute.

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Property Ownership Disputes

Whether you’re an unmarried couple separating, disagreeing with a co-owner or cannot agree what should happen with an inherited property, our expert solicitors are here to help you resolve matters swiftly and constructively.

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Family Disputes

We handle sensitive family matters, such as disputed wills, estates and trust disputes, with discretion and professionalism, always focusing on a constructive resolution.

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Why Choose SE-Solicitors

Understanding

We know the stresses and potential uncertainty that you may face. With our belief that relationships really do matter, we’re focused on understanding you, your business, and your dispute to provide a bespoke service.

Expertise

By harnessing our collective skills, knowledge and over 109 years of expertise we support you to manage the unique complexity of your personal and commercial interests.

Insight

Naturally strategic, we’re able to see the bigger picture, solve problems and realise opportunities more effectively.

Agility

Always responsive, with a solution orientated mindset, we get to the heart of the matter fast, enabling you to reach positive outcomes more quickly.

Meet our Disputes team

Carol Shaw, Employment, SE-Solicitors
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Carol Shaw

Director
01865 561021
Anis Waiz, Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, SE-Solicitors
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Anis Waiz

Director
01865 561011
Petra van Dijk, Dispute Resolution, Insolvency at SE Solicitors
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Petra van Dijk

Director
01295 204159
Dominic de Bono, SE-Solicitors, Dispute Resolution
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Dominic de Bono

Senior Associate
01865 561022
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Nathan Greaves

Senior Associate
01865 561013
Krizha, Dispute Resolution at SE Solicitors
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Krizha Ramos

Associate
01865 561012
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Charlotte Waiz

Paralegal
01295 204135

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Do not let a dispute control your life or business. Take the first step toward a resolution by contacting our strategic and relationship-drive team. Schedule an appointment to discuss your case and get a clear understanding of your options.

Our client testimonials

“Small, strong team. Changes in personnel have been managed without any interruption in service or compromise in quality.”
The Legal 500, 2026
“Their high standard of work and friendly demeanour over many years of dealing with us has provided us with the continuity and confidence we need.”
The Legal 500, 2026
“SE-Solicitors can be trusted to comply with our litigation needs in an efficient and timely manner. Their professional advice and attention to detail are crucial for us. Their large team can ensure that there is always someone to take on our numerous daily requests for recovery action.”
The Legal 500, 2026
“Thank you for your calm, level-headed guidance and advice throughout this process. It is a huge relief that everything is now settled.”
Dan Peters, 2025
“The team are very responsive to issues, they quickly understand a problem, and simplify it in the terms that a non-legal minded lay person can understand.”
The Legal 500, 2025
“Incredibly down to earth but disarmingly on top of the law and facts – they seem to have noticed everything about a case before it goes to counsel.”
The Legal 500, 2025
“Calling SE-Solicitors is the best thing I’ve ever done. Advised by you, I had the confidence to take my claim to the Small Claims Court. The claim was heard and went in my favour. Thank you for your fantastic advice and guidance, and for being so kind and helpful to me throughout.”
Mary Kelly, 2024
“Krizha is knowledgeable and Heyford Park Limited will continue to refer possession claims to SE-Solicitors.”
Sarah Cripps, Heyford Park Ltd, 2023
“At this time I would like to acknowledge your patience and your tenacity in achieving this result. It has been a pleasure working with you and I really do appreciate that we have achieved a perfect result.”
Client
“The dedication shown by our solicitor has helped with our dispute. He had obviously read all the paperwork associated with the case and responded accurately and succinctly. His response to the other solicitor was amazing. He always answered when we were unsure and the information he supplied was very helpful. We would thoroughly recommend this firm,”
Mr & Mrs D Gardiner. Cowley, Oxford
“Petra was a breath of fresh air in a very difficult situation (for me). She was sympathetic and effective.”
Mr Wood, Chipping Norton
“We found it a difficult and stressful problem and we thank you for the professional help you gave, without which we are certain no resolution would ever have occurred. Your services exceeded our expectations. We hope, in the nicest possible way, that we would never need you services again but should this not be the case we would have no hesitation in thinking of you.”
Mr & Mrs Hetherington, Gawcott, Buckingham

FAQs

Your questions answered. Take a look at some our frequently asked questions for more Information.

When should I involve SE-Solicitors in my dispute
You should involve us at the earliest opportunity, so that we may advise you on how best to approach resolving the dispute and take the appropriate pre-action steps, which may avoid your dispute ending up in court or result in immediate protection through injunctive relief.
What is Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) ?
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a collective name given to forums of dispute resolution which are not standard Court proceedings. The majority of disputes are now resolved before a full trial. ADR includes mediation, arbitration and negotiation.
Does SE-Solicitors offer ADR?
Yes we do. Traditional litigation can be a time consuming, costly and stressful process. We believe that it’s not always necessary to resort to court action to overcome differences and will work with you to achieve your goals quickly and at a lower cost.
How can I fund the legal costs of my dispute?
You should always check your existing property, car or business insurance policies to ascertain if you have legal expenses cover in place which covers your dispute.

Depending on the nature, strength and value of your case it may be possible to obtain after the event insurance, to cover third party payments, such as court and barrister fees, and the risk of having to pay the your opponent’s costs if you are unsuccessful in bringing a claim. This type of insurance does not cover our fees, but we may be willing to act for you under a Conditional Fee or a Damages Based Agreement, sharing the risk of litigation with you in return for either receiving a success fee or taking a percentage share of your damages.

In high value cases it may also be possible to source funding from a litigation funder, who will invest in the litigation for a funding fee, typically a multiple of cash advanced or a percentage of your damages.

What is an Injunction?
An injunction is an Order from the Court stopping a person from taking a particular action (a prohibitor injunction) or requiring a person to do something (a mandatory injunction).

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