Andrew’s recent focus has been on large commercial and complex infrastructure projects, with his recent dispute avoidance and resolution experience arising from projects such as offices and large mixed use schemes, roads, railways, bridges and tunnels.
Andrew has considerable expertise in advising on and acting in domestic disputes, with particularly strong experience in adjudications. Andrew has advised and acted for a number of UK-based contractors and subcontractors in a wide variety of disputes arising out of a diverse range of projects including power stations, tunnels, bridges, road and rail infrastructure works, process plants, hotels, educational establishments, sports stadia, arenas and leisure facilities, offices, retail spaces and private dwellings.
Examples of Andrew’s expertise include:
- advising a main contractor on multiple disputes with both subcontractors and the employer on a large, complex office conversion scheme in central London;
- advising and acting for various main contractors in claims relating to alleged fire safety defects;
- acting for the successful defendant in GREP London Portfolio II Trustee 3 Limited and another v. BLFB Limited [2021] EWHC 1850 (TCC)
- advising a number of main contractors in respect of disputed compensation events on live tunnelling projects. Amounts in dispute – £35 million to £175 million;
- acting for various main contractors in a number of adjudications arising from road and rail infrastructure projects. Amounts in dispute up to £20 million;
- advising a main contractor in disputes, including TCC proceedings, arising out of the construction of a luxury hotel in a landmark London building. Amount in dispute £90 million;
- providing dispute avoidance advice to a main contractor on a project to extend and refurbish a world-renowned art gallery;
- acting for a main contractor in multi-party TCC proceedings arising out of alleged mechanical and electrical defects at a further education college. Amount in dispute £6 million;
- acting for Alstom Power Limited in TCC proceedings against a subcontractor concerning disputes at a power station. Amount in dispute £7 million (Alstom Power Limited v Somi Impianti S.R.L. [2012] BLR 585);
- advising a main contractor in negotiations with a subcontractor to complete certain works and ensure the opening on time of a prestigious hotel in London; and
- advising a number of main contractor clients in TCC proceedings relating to adjudication enforcement and associated Part 8 claims.
