Our employment team have been busy helping clients identify ways in which they can lawfully reduce staff costs whilst minimising the risks of Employment Tribunal claims and our commercial lawyers are becoming increasingly busy with strategic advice in terms of early contract termination Our commercial litigation lawyers advise clients on the most appropriate and cost effective way to resolve disputes, either through court proceedings, arbitration or adopting Alternative Dispute Resolution methods such as mediation We continue to strive to improve the service we offer and, where appropriate, we work with our clients to establish agreed service standards Clearly over the last two years the global financial crisis has impacted on our clients' businesses and so this has been high on our agenda when working with our clients