Profiles

Oil, Gas and Energy

• Advising and undertaking the pleading of Points of Claim in relation to the design and construction of an offshore pipeline off the coast of Angola.
• Acting as junior counsel for the owner in an international arbitration concerning the design of an onshore processing facility in Eastern Europe. Settled pleadings, advised and appeared as sole counsel at interlocutory hearings.
• Junior in $100m dispute related to a gas processing plant in the Middle East.
• Junior in a £9m dispute (and 28 day TCC trial) concerning process and vibration issues on a North Sea oil platform.
• Advising in relation to commissioning and recovery of a North Sea oil platform.
• Three week TCC trial in relation to dispute arising out of piping works at a UK biofuel plant  (IChem E Red Book). Appeared as junior counsel and undertook cross examination of factual witnesses, as well as dealing with pre- trial hearings as sole counsel.
• Junior in a £10m dispute related to an innovative gas turbine in the UK.
• Junior in adjudication relating to defective design of bioethanol plant (amended IChem E Red Book)
• Advice on disputes related to the construction and operation of wind turbines under contracts ranging from £500,000 to several million pounds.

Environmental, Sewage and Wastewater Treatment

• Acting as junior counsel in a claim concerning defective design of a secondary treatment plant (£85 million claim).  Advisory work, settled pleadings, and appeared as sole counsel at interlocutory hearings.
• Substantial experience acting for utilities in relation to matters arising out of the Water Act 1991 and related legislation.  
• Advising in several disputes arising out of energy recovery and leachate treatment plants, with claims ranging from £200,000 to £2,600,000.
• Advice on disputes relating to contaminated land.

General Construction (Litigation, Arbitration and Adjudication)

• Advice on bonds and guarantees (appeared as junior to Marc Rowlands QC in  Simon Carves Limited v Ensus UK Limited   [2011] EWHC 657 (TCC); [2011] B.L.R. 340; 135 Con. L.R. 96)
• Advising and acting in relation to disputes arising out of PFI contracts, primarily in relation to the refurbishment and subsequent maintenance of UK hospitals.
• Acting as junior counsel in a TCC case concerning defective welding of modular units. The case involved both technical issues and the proper construction of a sale and purchase agreement.
• Advising on matters arising out of partnering contracts such as PPC2000 and TPC2005, and the 2005 Suite of JCT Contracts, in particular the JCT Framework Agreement and JCT Major Projects Form.
• Advising and acting in disputes relating to asbestos releases in public and commercial buildings and other health and safety related matters.
• Advising and acting in various cases concerning subsidence, landslip and coastal erosion.
• Advising local authorities and other employers on matters ranging from procurement to final account and defects claims.
• Instructed as a Treasury junior in a multi million pound arbitration relating to design responsibilities and defects on a new-build project.
• Appeals from arbitrator’s decisions.
• Drafting of adjudication notices, referrals and responses, including specific sections on particular legal points.
•  Adjudication enforcement experience including Griffin v Midas Homes Limited  [2002] 78 Con LR 152, [2002] Col 18 No 1 Con LJ 67 and preliminary advice in Davis McClean Contractors Ltd v Swansea Housing Association Limited  [2002] CILL 1811, along with Westminster Building Co Ltd v Andrew Beckingham [2004] BLR 163, Air Design (Kent) Ltd v Deerglen (Jersey) Ltd [2008] BLM Vol.26 No 1 TCC  and YCMS Ltd v Grabiner [2009] EWHC 127 (TCC).

Professional Negligence

• Advising and acting in arbitrations relating to the scope of cover under professional liability insurance policies.
• Junior in Munckenbeck & Marshall v The Kensington Hotel Limited [2000] 78 Con LR 71 (Architect’s negligence).
• Junior in Offer-Hoar v Larkstore Ltd [2005] All ER (D) 45 TCC (a landslip case concerning negligence arising out of soil investigation report, issues on assignment of loss dealt with at first instance and in the Court of Appeal).
• Sole counsel in various Architect’s negligence cases, ranging from domestic extensions to large scale commercial developments.
• Sole counsel and junior in various engineering related disputes, in particular those arising out of deficiencies in the provision of chemical engineering services.

Mining

• Advising in relation to a mining surveyor's negligence and/or breach of duty under the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 and the Management and Administration of Safety and Health in Mines Regulations 1993, and mining subsidence claims under the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991.
• Appeared as a junior in Mason v The Coal Authority (QBD, 15/3/2001, unreported) dealing with the Coal Authority's liability in negligence when preparing reports on mineshafts and adits.

Shipbuilding

• Advising and acting in disputes arising out of the design and construction of super-yachts.
• Advising in a dispute arising out of the environmental impact of dredging.