Extending time for serving Adjudication Referral after Notice of Adjudication
Philip Barnes reviews the process for serving the referral, the key document which sets out the detail of your claim.
Philip Barnes
Senior Associate
Philip read Civil Engineering at Bristol University before taking the professional interview and qualifying as a chartered civil engineer.
Specialist expertise
Philip has both contentious and non-contentious experience and brings to the development stage of proceedings the experience of a litigator recognising the need to identify and address potential areas of conflicting responsibility.
On the contentious side he has experience of litigation, arbitration (both UK and overseas), adjudication and ADR, all varying in value up to multi-million-pound claims.
Examples of Philip’s expertise include:
- acting for a major UK contractor in connection with multi-million-pound disputes.
- acting for insurers defending the quantity surveyor in a TCC reported leading case on expert advice and costs recovery;
- drafting a bespoke contract for a government department;
- drafting policy terms for a professional indemnity insurance underwriter, advising on standard and modified forms of contract;
- acting in all forms of dispute avoidance, including negotiation, mediation and tactical offers of settlement; and
- acting in arbitration for a contractor claiming against a multinational specialist subcontractor to recover reasonable settlement monies paid to the employer for delay caused by the subcontractor.
Memberships/positions
Philip’s memberships/positions include:
- member of the Society of Construction Law;
- fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers;
- fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators;
- member of the Technology and Construction Solicitors’ Association.