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24 November 2025
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Why choose me
I’m a specialist construction and engineering disputes lawyer with over 10 years’ experience in resolving complex construction and engineering disputes across a wide range of sectors.
For me, it’s the variety of construction and engineering disputes that I get involved with that gets me out of bed in the morning. Be it defects or time and money, no dispute is the same, and no construction project is the same.
I aim to resolve issues for my clients in the most cost-effective way possible. No one likes being in a dispute, especially a complex construction or engineering one, so I seek to extract my clients from that dispute as quickly as possible without breaking the bank.
Having previously worked for a Tier 1 sub-contractor, I have first-hand experience of the commercial impact that being in disputes with the rest of your supply chain can create, and the impact that that can have on your relationships with them.
My clients include employers, contractors, sub-contractors, funders and professional consultants who I have assisted in resolving their disputes using a variety of different forums including adjudication, litigation, arbitration and mediation.
When I’m not at work, I am very keen on watching sport and (attempting) to play it. You will often find me on the golf course most weekends and in the gym in the evenings after work!
I’m a specialist construction and engineering disputes lawyer with over 10 years’ experience in resolving complex construction and engineering disputes across a wide range of sectors.
For me, it’s the variety of construction and engineering disputes that I get involved with that gets me out of bed in the morning. Be it defects or time and money, no dispute is the same, and no construction project is the same.
I aim to resolve issues for my clients in the most cost-effective way possible. No one likes being in a dispute, especially a complex construction or engineering one, so I seek to extract my clients from that dispute as quickly as possible without breaking the bank.
Having previously worked for a Tier 1 sub-contractor, I have first-hand experience of the commercial impact that being in disputes with the rest of your supply chain can create, and the impact that that can have on your relationships with them.
My clients include employers, contractors, sub-contractors, funders and professional consultants who I have assisted in resolving their disputes using a variety of different forums including adjudication, litigation, arbitration and mediation.
When I’m not at work, I am very keen on watching sport and (attempting) to play it. You will often find me on the golf course most weekends and in the gym in the evenings after work!
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Questions my clients ask me
In complex construction and engineering disputes the quality of the evidence is key. Make sure you keep good records which can be used by quantum experts, delay experts and lawyers to present your case in the best possible light. This will give you the best possible chance of success.
This depends on what formal dispute resolution procedure you end up being involved with. Compared to litigation (which can take anywhere between a year and half to three years), adjudication is seen as the most cost effective given its speed (a standard adjudication is meant to last 28 days from the date of referral to decision). It’s also worth noting that an adjudicator doesn’t need to be a practising lawyer (many are quantity surveyors). Accordingly, adjudication is often described as ‘pay now, argue later’. This is because it’s only temporarily binding pending final determination by the tribunal (i.e. arbitration or litigation) due to its speed, and the departure from the various court rules – in adjudication you don’t need to disclose documents that can be harmful to your case whereas in litigation you do.