Our team has extensive experience in all manner of construction disputes, from complex claims running into the hundreds of millions of pounds to straightforward enforcement proceedings on adjudication decisions.
We are highly experienced in all forms of dispute resolution, including mediation, litigation, expert determination, and arbitration.
We have a particular expertise in adjudication and are unique in offering a dedicated unit specialising in the adjudication of construction disputes (SP Adjudication). We can assist throughout the adjudication process, whether you are referring a dispute or responding to a referral. Our team can also advise on appealing a decision or on enforcement.
Our team has an enviably high success rate, achieving a favourable outcome in over 88 per cent of the cases we advise on.
However, our focus is on helping clients to achieve the best outcome, whatever route is used, and we often find that disputes can be successfully settled through active commercial negotiations. For this reason we have SP Mediation, a standalone team of mediators able to assist on a wide variety of disputes.
We work with clients to achieve pragmatic decisions; it makes sense to have us on your side.
6 March 2024
Condition precedents are common in various commercial agreements. In this article, we discuss the court’s general approach to considering contractual condition precedents, and whether, particularly after the recent case of Lancashire Schools SPC Phase 2 Limited v Lendlease Construction (Europe) Limited and Others [2024] EWHC 37 (TCC), the court may be prepared to disregard them. What…
Read more28 February 2024
Download Article It has been a busy year in the construction industry and within our team. There have been some standout legislative changes, including in relation to the Building Safety Act 2022, and the Government has issued a significant paper in respect of behaviours relating to PFI contracts. All the while the impact of inflation…
Read more17 January 2024
Smash and grab adjudications are a perpetual thorn in employers’ sides. A claim will pop up that a pay less notice has been missed and significant sums are now owed. Employers then need to cobble together procedural arguments to resist the claim. That’s hard enough as it is. But what if the contractor could also…
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