Dickinson Dees LLP

Recent disputes have included:-

• Advising a developer in a professional negligence claim against a project manager and quantity surveyor relating to a prestigious residential development in Newcastle.

• Advising a major engineering firm in relation to a multi-million dollar claim against an international company based in Japan arising out of a letter of guarantee.

• Advising an engineering firm in a professional negligence claim in excess of £1 million against a designer.

• Advising a major developer in a final account dispute with a contractor arising out of the construction of a retail park.

• Advising major contractor in a potential action against an NHS Trust on the scope of its obligations under a PFI scheme for the construction of a new hospital and overseeing settlement of the claim.

• Advising contractor in a claim against a local authority for breach of contract and damages for loss of profit.

• Acting for contractor in Final Account Dispute of claim for loss and expense in Arbitration, including all advocacy at the Arbitration hearing itself.

• Successfully advising a housing Association in connection with a claim against its architects for professional negligence.

• Advising an NHS Trust in successful defence of multi-party adjudication.

• Successful enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision in the Newcastle upon Tyne District Registry.

• Successfully recovering an adjudicator’s fees against the Joint Administrative Receivers of a company personally.

• Advising Adjudicator on several occasions on legal issues including contractual interpretation.