What
We Do
WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT WILL ALWAYS BE OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE
We’re here to help clients make informed decisions, overcome obstacles, and move forward with confidence. That starts by being easy to work with — accessible, straightforward, and fully engaged in the realities our clients face. Whether acting for individuals or businesses, we bring clarity to complexity, offering practical advice grounded in experience and tailored to need.
We believe legal advice works best in partnership. That means asking the right questions, listening closely, and working side by side with our clients to get things done. And when it comes to law and process, we speak plainly — so our clients can act decisively.
Dispute Resolution & Litigation
Corporate, trust and commercial litigation
Innova Law has expertise in all aspects of international and domestic commercial litigation, including:-
- asset and debt recovery proceedings
- misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud
- receiverships, company liquidations and personal insolvency
- pre-action disclosure and other interlocutory remedies such as freezing orders.
We can also help trustees, beneficiaries, and trust protectors in Court litigation.
Public and administrative law
We can act in any Court or Tribunal proceedings involving a statutory right of appeal or a doleance (judicial review) claim. We have lots of experience before most of the Island’s statutory Tribunals, having led on numerous cases representing the Government. Our inside expertise will help secure best outcomes in cases involving
- public and administrative law
- human rights and equalities claims
Planning and environmental law
Innova Law can offer unrivalled on-Island experience in dealing with planning and environmental matters, having appeared at numerous public inquiries for contentious or large-scale planning applications, planning appeals, and area plans and development orders.
Employment
Innova Law can assist with the representation of employers and employees, including all manner of contentious employment-related matters. Keiron Murray has appeared in and led numerous high-profile employment Tribunal cases brought against Government, bringing a forensic eye to the detail of cases but never losing sight of the bigger human narrative.
Damages litigation
Our hard-learned expertise in dispute resolution enables us to provide effective representation in all other types of damages claims before the High Court, whether they be clinical or professional negligence, breach of contract or other duty.
Regulatory & compliance
Regulatory action
We offer an experienced team able to respond quickly and effectively when advice is required on regulatory or compliance matters or representation is required in any hearing or other proceedings e.g. professional bodies, GSC, FSA etc.
We have recent and relevant experience in acting for and against Government regulators, something that allows us to ensure that our clients get the best possible outcomes should any enforcement action be undertaken against them or their business.
So, whether it be director’s disqualification, fitness/competence proceedings, licensing, or other regulatory intervention, we can help.
Legal risk and governance; in-house support
We have long-standing expertise in assessing and mitigating legal risks for regulated businesses and professionals. We will help with any queries relating to corporate and governance matters.
We also offer a general external counsel service, providing ad hoc or retained support to regulated entities, management boards, in-house counsel, and regulatory support providers. We can help with specific projects, disaster recovery or crisis management, or simply provide a much-needed second opinion.
Business & Corporate
Corporate, trust and commercial
We can help individuals and businesses with reviews and drafting of contractual, corporate, and trust documentation. We can also advise on the transactions to which those documents relate. Innova Law can also help trustees and beneficiaries, company officers and shareholders, lenders, and borrowers.
Given our desire to partner with and grow alongside our clients, we are particularly interested in helping start-up companies reach their potential.
Employment
We can act upon all employment law issues from drawing up contracts, procedures and policies, right through to more demanding situations of providing advice in situations of redundancy, restructuring, dismissal, discrimination or whistleblowing.
Isle of Man start-ups, Infrastructure projects, Immigration and HNWI
As well as unrivalled legal expertise, we have extensive expertise in navigating the structures of Government in the Isle of Man. We can find the right people to make decisions and help with the legal issues that fall to be addressed, whilst readily connecting clients with the right non-legal advisors.