Experience

Please find below examples of our experience in this practice area:

Office and retail

  • Confidential - successfully defending through the Technology & Construction Court (TCC) a £26m claim from a contractor.

  • Confidential - acting for the House of Commons in an arbitration of a multi-million pound dispute concerning Portcullis House.

Leisure and sport

  • Confidential - acting for a main contractor in respect of a £30m claim against its sub-contractor arising out of a high-profile sports stadium project.

  • Confidential - acting for a contractor in respect of time and money claims relating to the Stadium of Light, Sunderland and St James’s Park, Newcastle.

  • Confidential - acting for a developer against its tenant and contractor in respect of a £15m claim arising out of a ceiling collapse in a leisure development.

Power, energy and process engineering

  • Confidential - acting for a major power company in relation to claims and counterclaims valued in excess of US$300 million in respect of a CCGT Power Station Project in the Far East – resolved through ICC arbitration proceedings.

  • Confidential - acting for a purchaser client in successfully defending a £9m claim raised by a contractor arising out of the design and construction of a combined heat and power plant in the UK.

  • Confidential - acting for a major retailer on an appeal under the Arbitration Act 1996 on a point of law arising out of an energy arbitration.

  • Confidential - advising a contractor in the resolution of multi-million £ claims in respect of the construction of a state-of-the-art nuclear energy facility.

Professional indemnity

  • Confidential - acting for international architect in the Court of Appeal on questions in respect of assessing a party’s liability under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978.

  • Confidential - acting for a large engineering practise in a £1m+ fee claim against one of the companies responsible for the London tube.

Heavy engineering and dredging

  • Confidential - acting for a sub-contractor on disputes arising out of the construction of an extension to a container port.

  • Confidential - advising the contractor on disputes arising in relation to large land reclamation projects in the Far East.

  • Confidential - securing 100% success for the client, an international offshore contractor & fabricator, in an international adjudication process concerning a $30 million dispute relating to unexpected ocean floor soil conditions.

  • Confidential - representing a British contractor/fabricator in a multi-party international dispute regarding the construction of a showpiece architectural engineering project in the Republic of Ireland.