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Alastair Young

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Work Department

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Construction

Position

In January 2017 Alastair relocated to Dubai from the Dentons’ London office where he was based since joining the Firm in 2011. Alastair leads Middle East Disputes practice where he has been practising since 2007. He has a wealth of experience acting for international companies operating in the region.

Alastair specialises in the resolution of engineering and construction disputes. His practice involves all forms of dispute resolution, varying from international arbitration to litigation in the Technology and Construction Court to statutory/contractual adjudication and ADR (including mediation and expert determination).

He has recently been involved in cases that have included claims for wrongful termination of contract, defects, delay and disruption, certification issues, loss and expense, time, final account disputes, professional negligence claims and issues around engineers/architects’ independence (or lack of).

Alastair is dual qualified both as a barrister and as a solicitor, having qualified as a barrister in 1997, and he specialised in engineering and construction disputes until 2007 when he joined HBJ Gateley Wareing LLP as a partner

Languages

English

Memberships

Barrister, Senior Courts of England and Wales, 1997
Member of the Society of Construction Law, TECBAR and TeCSA

Education

Inns of Court School of Law, 1996, BVC
University of Manchester, 1987, BSc, (Hons)