Tiah trained at Sharpe Pritchard and qualified into the Construction department in September 2024. Tiah focuses on both contentious and non-contentious construction matters and has experience in dealing with and amending standard form contracts including JCT and NEC suites.
Tiah regularly deals with drafting consultant appointments, pre-construction services agreements and ancillary documents. She also advises on contentious matters including payment disputes, defects, and loss and expense and delay claims.
She is also familiar with procurement law and has worked on numerous public procurement projects, advising clients on aspects of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Prior to Sharpe Pritchard, Tiah obtained a first-class honours degree in Law from the University of Kent, where she volunteered at her University’s Law Clinic, providing pro-bono legal advice to those in need in the local area. Later, she completed the LPC LLM at the University of Law, achieving a Distinction.
21 May 2025
In the world of construction change is not just likely – it’s inevitable. Whether due to unforeseen site conditions, client-driven alterations, or regulatory requirements, variations are a fundamental part of managing a project. Understanding how these are dealt with under standard form contracts such as JCT and NEC is essential for maintaining control, minimising disputes…
Read more28 August 2023
Termination notices can be fraught with risk. One misstep and terminating parties can find themselves at risk of repudiating a contract themselves, even where the other party is in breach of contract. This case considered what happens where a terminating party first issues an invalid termination notice followed by a valid termination notice. Did the…
Read more25 August 2023
Those exposed to adjudications understand that a dispute can only be adjudicated upon once. That, together with the limited ability to challenge decisions, can indeed be the source of frustration for some parties. But what if one dispute overlaps with another and is adjudicated on separately? To what extent would a later adjudicator be bound…
Read more22 August 2023
Parties can often be surprised at the tight timescales in adjudication, with responding parties often only given 7 days to respond to a Referral. It is now almost standard for parties to seek extensions in the timetable, often pleading natural justice concerns to the adjudicator when requesting them. As adjudications become increasingly complex and higher…
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