Profiles

Construction and Engineering

• Counsel for the employer in a multi-million pound ICC international arbitration concerning a high-profile development in downtown Moscow.
• Acting for a contractor in a High Court dispute concerning delay and disruption to a major construction project connected with the London Olympics 2012.
• Junior counsel at first instance and in the Court of Appeal in a claim against the fabricator and erector of steel at Wembley Stadium.
• Junior counsel in a Part 8 dispute against the architect of Wembley Stadium in relation to access to the architect’s personnel.
• Counsel for the employer in a claim involving variations and a final account payment in connection with the construction of a residential housing estate governed by a JCT contract.
• Counsel for a property owner in a claim against a builder arising under the Defective Premises Act. 
• Counsel for the main contractor in connection with TCC proceedings concerning the construction of a road.
• Represented a main contractor in adjudication proceedings concerning the construction of a hospital.

Energy and Utilities

• Junior counsel for a main contractor in a dispute about the construction of a soft yoke mooring platform.
• Acting for the main contractor in a multi-million pound ICC international arbitration concerning an offshore wind farm.  
• Acting for a sub-contractor in an international arbitration concerning a commercial dispute about oil and gas separation plants in Libya.
• Junior counsel for Alstom Power in a multi-million pound dispute concerning a chemical processing plant.
• Junior counsel for a leading manufacturer of petro-chemicals in connection with a multi-million pound dispute against a specialist designer of chemical processing plants.
• Advisory work for a main contractor in relation to a dispute arising under an NEC contract and concerning the construction of treatment works within a nuclear power plant.
• Advising the main contractor of a hydropower project in Kenya in relation to a multi-million dollar arbitration against the employer involving the FIDIC form of contract.
• Advisory work for a main supplier in connection with the sale and supply of ethylene.
• Advisory work in connection with an alleged commercial fraud concerning the purchase of an oil platform in Brazil. 
•  Advisory work for a land owner in a dispute involving the Water Industry Act.

Information Technology

• Junior counsel in a dispute concerning the functioning of bespoke servers in a leading mobile network provider’s main UK call centre.
• Counsel for a leading telecommunications supplier in a claim relating to the installation of a telecoms system. 
• Counsel for a leading telecommunications supplier in claims relating to the laying of telephone cables and the installation of telegraph poles.

Procurement

• Counsel for the Law Commission in relation to the tender process for legal aid work. 
• Acted for a tenderer in a dispute relating to failures to provide sufficient information and lack of transparency in a furniture supply contract.

Professional Negligence

• Instructed by AMEC in a multi-million pound professional negligence claim against the structural engineers responsible for the construction of one of the largest concrete car parks in the UK.
• Counsel for Brookfield Construction UK Ltd in a multi-million pound professional negligence and engineering dispute arising out of the Wembley Stadium project.
• Counsel for a surveyor in connection with the development of a farm.

Regulatory

• Acted for a firm of architects in proceedings undertaken by the ARB and RIBA in connection with an allegation of mis-conduct.