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I lead our Construction and Engineering Contract Management and Dispute Resolution team. I am a specialist in advisory and dispute resolution work in the construction, engineering and FM markets with particular expertise in the operational management of PFI/PPP contracts and the resolution of disputes in long term partnering contracts. I act for a wide range of employers, contractors, sub-contractors and consultants across a wide range of sectors and covering all aspects of construction and engineering law.
I have over 20 years of experience in advising clients on both the detail of their disputes and the process by which they might achieve a satisfactory resolution of those disputes including arbitration, litigation, mediation and adjudication. I have a particularly strong track record of dealing with complex and fast moving adjudication claims which have now become the preferred method of formal dispute resolution construction and engineering contracts.
SeminarsI regularly speak to client groups on PFI and PPP contracts and dispute issues.
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- Advised on disputes arising from the first termination of a PFI contract in the UK.
- Advised on the first formal dispute resolution procedure to establish liability for the fire compartment defects in a PFI hospital.
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Implied Obligations of Good Faith extended?
19/06/2019
Lessons from Edinburgh Schools PFI
05/04/2017
New Pre-action Protocol for Construction and Engineering Disputes
21/11/2016
A new Pre-Action Protocol for Construction and Engineering Disputes came into force on 9 November 2016. Its intention is to...
New guidance on the administration of LIFT Lease Plus Agreements
03/06/2015
This guidance will be of significant interest to all parties involved in the administration of an LPA and the administration of...
Benefit or burden? Transfer of PCT-owned PFI property to NHS providers
22/08/2012
The Department of Health has published its guidance relating to the treatment of PCT- owned PFI property which confirms that...
We are truly privileged to advise you!
09/05/2012
Mr Justice Akenhead has held in the case of Walter Lilly and Company Limited v Mackay and DMW [2012] EWHC 649 (TCC) that advice...
Settling construction disputes - some points to consider
06/04/2010
There are many factors to address when settling any dispute, including the parties to be bound, dealing with any formal...
Reliable, pragmatic and not afraid to challenge my assumptions