Patrick Stone

Patrick has acted on disputes arising out of a number of major international projects across a broad range of industry sectors, with particular experience of disputes relating to oil and gas and infrastructure projects.

Examples of Patrick’s expertise include:

• acting for a joint venture contractor in relation to an ICC arbitration on a major rail project in the Middle East;
• acting on an ad-hoc arbitration for a civil contractor in a dispute with its joint venture partner to determine liability for liquidated damages deducted by the employer due to the late completion of a major light rail project in the UK;
• acting on an ad-hoc arbitration on the same major light rail project in relation to defects identified in the construction of the track;
• acting for the owner of an oil processing facility in the Kurdistan region of Iraq in respect of arbitration proceedings commenced by the contractor under the LCIA Rules;
• acting for a defendant engineering client in English court proceedings in relation to alleged defective design work on a waste to energy plant in London;
• acting for an employer on an arbitration commenced by a contractor in respect of a project in Azerbaijan heard pursuant to the LCIA Rules;
• acting on an expert determination in relation to a dispute arising out of the construction of an oil and gas pipeline in the Middle East under a bespoke EPC contract;
• acting on behalf of a mechanical and electrical subcontractor on disputes that developed out of upgrade works being undertaken on two live petrochemical depots in South Africa;
• acting for a joint venture contractor in preparing claims for an ICC arbitration in relation to a claim against the developer of a power plant in Madagascar and the supply of industrial plant through an offshore supply agreement;
• acting on an arbitration pursuant to the ICC Rules, and advising on associated court proceedings, arising out of a joint venture agreement between two international contractors and one local construction company in respect of a mixed-use development in Egypt;
• acting for a master developer on an arbitration relating to major infrastructure works in Dubai, UAE;
• acting on a major DIAC arbitration for a contractor claiming wrongful termination on a major sports venue development in Dubai, UAE;
• advising a defendant contractor in relation to a freezing order obtained by a subcontractor in the Doha courts and subsequent associated proceedings;
• appointed as sole arbitrator by the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) on disputes arising from the development of real estate projects in Dubai, UAE.