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Toby has specialised solely in construction and civil engineering issues since qualifying as a barrister in 1994. He deals with disputes, contract advice and drafting on all aspects of building and civil engineering projects. His approach is very commercial: focusing upon the elements of a legal problem which have the most significant financial or other commercial importance to his client.
He focuses upon finding innovative and cost effective solutions to the resolution of disputes by the early identification and focus upon the central issues and determining the most effective way to resolve them. Sometimes that involves a conciliatory and collaborative approach to avoid escalating the problem further. On other occasions a more aggressive approach is necessary.
His experience encompasses all forms of dispute resolution including adjudication, arbitration, litigation and mediation. Some of the more innovative processes he has been involved with recently include binding expert determination and early neutral evaluation.
Issues Toby commonly deals with include critical path delay analysis, disruption, prolongation and preliminaries thickening claims, compensation events, head office overheads, repudiation, termination, professional negligence, jurisdiction and enforcement.
Toby carries out regular tender appraisals and reviews and negotiates amendments to all the principle standard form contracts, appointments, warranties and bonds. Toby has experience of all principal contracts including JCT, ICE, NEC/ECC, I ChemE, I MechE, GC/Works and FIDIC and a variety of bespoke forms of domestic and international contracts. He has developed a particular expertise in the NEC forms. Toby also advises on dispute resolution procedures for major non-contentious projects, and prepares specific amendments for the various standard forms to suit individual client's requirements.
Specialist expertise
Toby is a specialist in dispute resolution and has acted for clients in substantial domestic and international construction and engineering disputes, including UK and International Chamber of Commerce arbitration, claims in the Technology & Construction Court, adjudication and all forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Examples of Toby’s expertise includes:
- Acting for a major contractor in connection with a final account dispute relating to a water treatment plant. Value of dispute: £12m.
- Acting on behalf of a contractor in connection with the £180 million redevelopment of landmark London hotel. Assisted with final account negotiations and various sub-contract disputes and arbitrations.
- Day to day management of oil and gas ICC arbitration on behalf of state owned corporation. Value of dispute £125 million.
- Professional negligence claims of behalf of contractors against quantity surveyors, architects and engineers. Value of disputes up to £10 million.
- Acting for contractor in final account adjudications and arbitrations relating to high class residential refurbishment in West London. Value of dispute £4 million.
- Drafting and advising upon amendments to bespoke and standard forms of contract to reflect the New Construction Act in 2011.
- Advising in connection with termination of the main contract and a series of sub-contracts in connection with a residential development in Cornwall. Value of dispute £1 million.
- Acting for contractor in connection with the defense of TCC claim for multiple defects in high profile London office development. Value of claim £3 million.
- Acting for world leading supplier of construction insulation materials in connection with various product liability claims. Value of disputes £200k to £5 million.
- Acting in connection with sub-contract dispute under the Olympic Stadium. Value of dispute £500,000.
Other activities
Toby contributed to the Standard Industry Precedents for Butterworths, and is a regular contributor to various construction publications. Toby also undertakes in house training for clients on a variety of construction topics.
Toby’s memberships/positions include:
- Society of Construction Law, Adjudication Society and Chartered Institute of Arbitrator
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