Hugh Saunders > 4 New Square Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

4 New Square Chambers
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3RJ
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Construction; Professional Liability; Public Procurement; International Arbitration

Position

Hugh is ranked as a leading junior in construction, engineering and technology disputes. He also has significant experience in associated fields including professional negligence, insurance, bonds and guarantees, public procurement, injunctions, and insolvency. Although he is usually instructed as sole counsel, Hugh is often led (by silks both inside and outside chambers) and he is increasingly instructed to lead more junior counsel on significant matters. As a TECBAR-accredited adjudicator, Hugh has also been appointed to adjudicate in statutory and contractual adjudications.

Hugh regularly appears before the High Court (particularly in the TCC) and the County Court. He also has extensive experience in adjudications (including enforcements in the High Court) and in domestic and international arbitration. Hugh has acted for clients around the world, including in the Caribbean, China, Europe, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Turkey and throughout the Arabian Peninsula, both on matters within the UK and within their own jurisdictions.

Memberships

  • TECBAR (The Technology and Construction Bar Association)
  • The Society of Construction Law
  • The Adjudication Society
  • The Professional Negligence Bar Association
  • COMBAR (The Commercial Bar Association)
  • The British Insurance Law Association
  • LCLCBA

Education

LLB Law (University of Hertfordshire, 2005) (First Class – Awarded the A&R Woolf Scholarship for the top First in the year)

BSc Software Engineering (University of Sheffield, 1999)

Leisure

Cricket, baseball, reading.

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Construction

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Hugh Saunders 4 New Square ‘Hugh is outstanding. As an advocate, he is masterful on his feet. As an expert in the field of construction, his knowledge of the law and ability to master the technical issues in a case is second-to-none. He always goes the extra mile.’  

Demonstrating ‘expertise across all levels’, 4 New Square offers representation on a variety of construction-related issues, with a particular focus on defending contractors in cases framed as professional negligence claims. Roger Stewart KC and George McDonald are acting on Sudlows Limited v Global Switch Estates 1 Limited, a series of disputes centred on a project to upgrade a data centre. The set has marked its presence in high-value cladding claims, including Hugh Saunders‘s representation of Broadway Malyan against Balfour Beatty in a dispute concerning a student accommodation development in east London. Additionally, Ben Patten KC is defending cladding consultant Cladtech Associates in Shepherd Construction Limited v Kingspan and Others, a substantial damages claim concerning fire safety and structural defects in a major London development.