The Legal 500

Work Department

Construction.

Position

Principal areas of practice include: construction and engineering law; advising on all forms of procurement; preparing and advising on contracts and project documentation; advising on public procurements, regulations and directives, bonds, guarantees and warranties; project advice; dispute resolution, including adjudication (TeCSA accredited adjudicator), arbitration (Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators), litigation, alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and conciliation; professional negligence. Extensive experience from over 22 years as a specialist in construction and engineering work, including reported cases: Riddick v Greater London Properties; Crown House Engineering v Amec Projects and Lorne Stewart v Amey and Hermes Kreditversicherungs. Also experienced in preparing contractual documents for a wide range of commercial and industrial projects in the UK and overseas. Handles a wide range of disputes both domestic and international across most sectors including roads and rail, process plants, shops, offices and housing, institutions, education, mechanical and electrical and submarine cables.

Career

Trained and qualified Trevor Stanley Chipps, became partner 1984; assistant solicitor Freedman & Co 1986-88; Bristows assistant solicitor 1982-93, partner 1993-98; partner Nicholson Graham & Jones 1998-2002; partner Thomas Eggar LLP 2002.

Member

Society of Construction Law; Technology and Construction Solicitors’ Association; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Procurement Lawyers Association.

Education

Salesian School, Surrey; University of Kent (1980 BA Hons Law); King’s College, London (MSc Construction Law and Arbitration).

Leisure

Golf, football, Tottenham Hotspur, the arts.

Practice Areas

Construction - contentious; Construction - non-contentious; EU and competition