Litigation
Castellan & Gray tries cases. Most disputes settle, and ours settle well, because the other side has read our trial record. Every matter we accept is prepared as though no settlement were possible.
The Practice
Castellan & Gray tries cases. Most disputes settle, and ours settle well, because the other side has read our trial record. Every matter we accept is prepared as though no settlement were possible.
For families, estates, and closely held interests, we act as counsel of long standing — advising before disputes form, so that few ever do. Discretion is not a service we offer. It is the condition of everything we undertake.
Commercial arbitration rewards preparation and punishes performance. We appear before the principal international tribunals in matters of construction, energy, and carriage. Awards in our matters are seldom challenged; they are written to hold.
An appeal is an argument about what the law is, not about what happened. Our appellate practice is small by design and briefed by the partners who will rise to argue it. We accept few mandates, and decline more.
Precedent
A coverage dispute that redrew the duty to defend in this jurisdiction. Resolved after eleven days of trial; terms sealed by order of the court.
The largest carriage arbitration of its decade, heard over two years in three seats. The award stands unappealed; its terms remain confidential.
Four related proceedings concerning a family holding spanning three generations. Concluded by private settlement; the family's name never reached the press.
A cross-border supply dispute valued in ten figures, decided in our client's favour. The award is sealed at the tribunal's direction.
The Approach
Preparation is the whole of our advocacy. We do not raise our voices in court, because a case assembled with sufficient care argues quietly for itself. Every matter this firm accepts is read in full by the partner who answers for it, then rehearsed against the strongest version of the opposing argument — never the weakest. Theatrics win moments. Preparation wins judgments. In thirty-nine years of practice, we have not found a third way.
New matters are accepted by referral and by written enquiry. A senior partner reviews every request, in person, within one business day.
Castellan & Gray LLP · Chambers at No. 4 Whitcombe Court
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