Personal bio
I am an experienced dispute resolver and have been appointed in over 400 construction and engineering disputes as either adjudicator, arbitrator, expert determiner, conflict avoidance panel member or mediator. These disputes have concerned projects in a variety of sectors including infrastructure, power generation, hospitality, healthcare, offices, education and residential. I am on the CEDR, CIArb, CIC, RIBA, RICS and TECSA UK panels of adjudicators, as well as the Irish Government’s panel of adjudicators. I am a Chartered Arbitrator and am on the CIArb and RICS panels of arbitrators, as well as being on the Transport for London conflict avoidance panel. I am named as dispute resolver in a variety of significant contracts and framework agreements, and am also regularly agreed to act as dispute resolver by parties and their representatives. I regularly give lectures and presentations on construction law and dispute resolution topics in the UK and internationally for organisations such as the Adjudication Society, ARBRIX, CIArb, RICS, SCL and TECBAR. I am the principal author of the current edition of the RICS Guidance Note, “Surveyors acting as adjudicators in the construction industry”, and for 15 years was a regular contributor to the Thomson Reuters Practical Law Construction Blog. I have also recently co-authored a book titled “Adjudicating Construction and Engineering Disputes” (London Publishing Partnership, 2024).