Iain specialises in disputes across the UK, especially those concerning construction, engineering, major projects and negligence. A qualified and active solicitor-advocate, he frequently presents in formal proceedings. He has significant experience of adjudication, mediation, litigation, arbitration and expert determination.
Iain has been a Law Society-accredited specialist in construction law since 2005. He was on the Law Society’s specialist accreditation panel for professional negligence law for ten years.
- Acting for an M&E contractor in defence of a £50 million defects claim concerning a hospital in Northeast England.
- Representing a developer in a £7.4 million dispute with a UK contractor concerning development infrastructure for major housing development in Kent.
- Representing a UK contractor in a procurement challenge against a Scottish Council concerning a £450 million roads maintenance and renewal contract.
- Representing a UK contractor in disputes with a Japanese contractor and a Belgian sub-contractor concerning 1000MW subsea UK-Belgium cable interconnector project.
- Representing a Scottish university in defending an £11 million claim concerning claimed delays and changes affecting a major demolition and asbestos removal contract.
- Representing a UK power company in a £40 million claim for defects in cable installation under roads in major UK city.
- Representing a UK contractor in a dispute with a network grid operator in Wales regarding directional drilling works for a network upgrade project.
- Representing a Joint Venture contractor in disputes with various sub-contractors concerning the construction of the Old Oak Common Station super-hub for HS2.
- Representing a Scottish Council in a dispute with a UK contractor regarding fire protection, roofing and structural defects at a series of new-build properties relating to a city-wide housing regeneration project.
- Representing a Scottish university in the successful pursuit of a substantial defects claim against a contractor and consultant concerning a scientific research and teaching facility on a major campus redevelopment programme.
- Representing an M&E contractor in a £1.4 million insurance claim and disputes concerning works to Heathrow approach tunnels.
- Representing a civil engineering contractor in a $6.7 million dispute concerning flood prevention scheme in Scotland.
- Acting for a North American batter storage contractor and supplier in disputes concerning battery storage plants in England and Wales.
- Representing a civil engineering contractor in a £6.2 million dispute concerning utility tunnel works under the River Exe estuary, Southeast England.
- Representing an international temporary power manufacturer in an £8 million dispute concerning defects affecting manufacturing facility in West of Scotland.
- Representing a UK contactor in a £7 million dispute concerning fire protection defects in a high-rise residential development in Bristol.
Expertise:
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
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Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Disputes
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Professional Negligence
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Public Law Changes
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Solicitor Advocates
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International Services
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Energy and Sustainability
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Clean Energy and Renewables
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Government and Public Sector
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Hospitality and Leisure
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Real Estate and Infrastructure
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Construction, Engineering, and Infrastructure
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Development
