Biography
I am a specialist construction and engineering lawyer. Across my mixed contentious and non-contentious practice, I act for developers/property owners, funders, contractors, consultants, and specialist sub-contractors, on a range of construction projects across the UK including housing, student and later life accommodation, education, retail, commercial, and mixed-use sites.
I draft, negotiate, and report on project documentation (contracts, appointments and ancillary documents) and contract implementation. My areas of specialism include supporting a number of freeholders with cladding remediation works on several large portfolios of high rise residential buildings under the PSCRF, BSF, and developer remediation pledge, and advising on issues arising from the Building Safety Act 2022. I also have experience in advising on issues arising in contract drafting in relation to building information modelling (BIM) and new and evolving construction technologies.
My aim is to deliver timely targeted advice to facilitate dispute avoidance, with the approach that contractual risk can be best managed by having the right advice at the right time, from procurement strategy and contract negotiation, through operation of contractual mechanisms, to enforcement and, if necessary, dispute resolution.
I advise on construction disputes, from the earliest stages through to adjudication as well as TCC litigation; my contentious practice includes payment disputes, final account claims, and complex technical defects disputes, with a specialism in the use and interrogation of complex e-disclosure datasets in disputes.
Key Highlights
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Cladding remediation (ACM & BSF): Led and coordinated the construction input on 50+ cladding remediation projects to high-rise residential buildings, acting for landlords/building owners. Developing precedent contract/appointment documents, internal processes and guidance documents to ensure efficient delivery of projects, including drafting and negotiating appointments and amended JCT contracts to ensure alignment with government fund requirements and protection of client interests.
- National developer: advised on full suite of construction documentation for redevelopment of mixed-use riverside development in London
Testimonials
"Switched on and commercial" - Legal 500, 2018
Publications
Legal: Broken records can be expensive, Building, June 2018
Hackitt: a ‘golden thread’ for construction?, Construction Manager, June 2018
