Callum is a Senior Associate in the Projects and Construction Team with over six years’ post qualification experience working in national and international law firms.
Callum is a Senior Associate in the Projects and Construction Team with over six years’ post qualification experience working in national and international law firms.
Callum's primary focus is on contentious matters, including formal litigation and arbitration, as well as alternative dispute resolution, such as adjudication.
He has worked for a variety of clients, both domestic and international (including subcontractors, main contractors, developers and local authorities), and is familiar with a wide range of standard form contracts as well as bespoke agreements.
Callum endeavours to provide practical, pragmatic and strategic advice to help clients achieve their objectives in the most cost-effective way possible.
相关经验
Residential / Commercial
Advising a housebuilder in relation to a litigated dispute concerning the allegedly negligent design of a heating system in a mixed-use development.
Acting on various fire-safety related disputes for a main contractor (including in connection with the application of the changes brought about by the Building Safety Act).
Advising an international fit-out contractor on means of protecting its position in relation to entitlement to additional sums and liability for delay damages.
Acting in an ICC Arbitration concerning the supply of materials for a landmark project in New York, working with a technical expert to establish that the quality of the materials supplied met the specifications and that the employer had wrongfully withheld payment.
Infrastructure
Advising an infrastructure contractor, in connection with the renewal of an underground station, on means of protecting its entitlement to additional sums and limiting its liability for liquidated damages (including a series of tactical adjudications).
Acting on behalf of a respondent subcontractor in an adjudication brought by the main contractor in respect of allegedly defective work undertaken as part of a motorway widening scheme.
Advising a local authority on potential avenues for disputing significant additional costs claimed by a utilities company relating to the renewal of an arterial road in Newcastle.
Acting for a respondent main contractor in an adjudication concerning an allegedly defective roof system installed at hospital (including complex issues of contract formation and limitation).
Energy
Working with the contractor on an offshore wind project; advising on issues of contractual interpretation, claims for EOT/prolongation and the application of liquidated damages.
Collaborating with Chinese co-counsel in a hybrid CIETAC/IBA arbitration connected with the construction of a powerplant in Indonesia, including a significant claim for additional time and costs.
Representing a client in an ICC Expert Determination related to a nuclear powerplant renewal project in Belgium and concerning high value claims and counterclaims, including delay and disputed variations; resulting in a favourable decision, including a finding on notice requirements which extinguished the majority of the subcontractor’s counterclaims.
Working on a high value litigated dispute concerning alleged negligence or fraud in connection with the procurement process and letting of a contract for the construction of an oil and gas facility.
