Jane Lemon was called to the Bar in 1993 and has been a practising barrister in Keating Chambers since 1994. During this time she has built up considerable experience in construction and engineering disputes, domestic and international arbitration, and professional negligence of architects and engineers, an issue on which she has contributed a chapter to a recent authoritative publication. She has also acted as an adjudicator.
She has been involved in major international arbitrations in the Far East, Australia, the Middle East and Europe including Portugal and Gibraltar. Her work in the UK covers a full range of construction disputes from domestic housing to substantial commercial developments and engineering projects.
Recommendations
"a significant presence in international matters"
"famed for her intellectual prowess"
Chambers and Partners 2009
"is in constant demand by instructing solicitors."
Chambers and Partners 2007
“refreshingly realistic and down to earth”
Chambers and Partners 2006
“intelligent and industrious”
“a technically skilled barrister"
Chambers and Partners 2005
“continuing to mature into a top-notch advocate”
Legal 500, 2004
Examples of recent work
Construction and Engineering
- Appearing in a domestic arbitration for a major UK contractor in a £2m claim for defective work against a specialist steelworks sub-contractor.
- Representing an Engineering Contractor in a claim against the Omani Government resulting from the construction of a new dual carriageway.
- Appearing as counsel for Clerical Medical in a Claim for Declarations in the Technology and Construction Court in respect of their new headquarter building in Bristol.
- Acting for a major UK supermarket chain in the Technology and Construction Court in relation to claims arsing from the Construction of a multi deck car park.
- Representing a major international contractor against the Hong Kong Government in a £100m tunnelling dispute relating to the Hong Kong Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme.
- Representing a local Authority against an Engineering Contractor in an 85 million Euro claim involving a sewage disposal scheme in Ireland.
Energy
- Appearing as counsel for the employer in a A$70m action against the design engineers of a propane gas storage cavern in Sydney.
- Representing an American Engineering Contractor who specialise in the Construction of gas processing plants in a claim relating to a plant in Nigeria.
Professional Negligence
- Acted for the Contractor in the Technology and Construction Court in relation to a claim of £17m relating to a fire at a supermarket.
Publications
- Contributor, Keating on Construction Contracts - Eighth Edition (2006)
- Editorial team, Keating on Building Contracts, 7th Edition.
- Joint Author with Peter Coulson QC, Section on Architects, Engineers and Quantity Surveyors for Professional Negligence and Liability LLP, 2000.
Professional CV
BA in Human Sciences, Jesus College, Oxford
Sankey Scholarship
College of Law, London
Called to the Bar (Inner Temple)
Pupillage, Keating Chambers
Keating Chambers
TECBAR Accredited Adjudicator
Public Access Training | 1991
1992
1993
1993-1994
1994
2008 |
Memberships
Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR)
Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
The Society of Construction Law
Other Information
Jane is a keen skier.
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