Lianne Edwards > Ashfords LLP > Exeter, England > Lawyer Profile
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Lianne Edwards
Work Department
Construction
Position
Associate
Career
Lianne is an Associate in the Construction & Infrastructure Team dealing primarily with contentious matters.
She acts for a range of clients including developers, local authorities, contractors and sub-contractors.
Lianne’s dispute resolution experience includes acting for a range of clients in pre-action negotiations and all stages of the Pre-Action Protocol Process under the Pre-Action Protocol for Construction and Engineering Disputes, adjudications, arbitrations and court proceedings. Lianne’s contentious work involves advising on claims for delay, acceleration, extensions of time and loss and expense, repudiatory breach of contract, terminations and final account disputes.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- Riva Properties Limited and Ors: Successfully acting for the Claimant in the high profile case of Riva Properties Ltd & Ors v Foster + Partners Ltd [2017] EWHC 2574 (TCC) in which the High Court ruled that Fosters were in breach of contract for failing to design to a budget and awarded Riva £3.6m plus costs and interest.
- EPC Contractor: Acting for main contractor in relation to various disputes with sub-contractors in relation to the construction of a large energy from waste plant.
- Employer: Acting for an SPV in relation to a large claim against the Contractor in relation to the design and construction of a 1MW anaerobic digestion plant.
- Exeter City Council: Assisting with acting on disputes in relation to contracts for structural engineering and mechanical and electrical engineering in relation to the refurbishment of the city museum.
- Maintenance contractor: Assisting with acting for a large maintenance contractor in adjudication proceedings on the appropriate interpretation of the maintenance contract relating to end of design life repairs.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Real estate > Construction
The ‘pragmatic and sensible’ construction and infrastructure team at Ashfords LLP is well-placed to advise on an array of contentious and non-contentious work, with modern methods of construction and energy and waste projects standing out as two recent areas of focus. Practice chair Patrick Blake‘s recent workload has seen him advising on a range of building contract disputes. Accredited construction disputes adjudicator Stephen Homer litigates major disputes for local authorities and large developers and often appears in legal publications such as the Driver Trett Digest. Mark Manning is regarded by clients as ‘tenacious, detailed and thorough’, while Carl Thompson is noted for his expertise in energy and waste management matters. Lianne Edwards and the ‘thoughtful and experienced’ Laura Reeve are further key contacts.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Real estate > Commercial property: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Employment: Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Transport > Shipping
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Public sector > Local government
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Insurance > Professional negligence