Construction
Oct 1 2010 The Journal
Watson Burton LLP Newcastle
Dickinson Dees LLP Newcastle
Ward Hadaway Newcastle
Eversheds LLP Newcastle
Hay & Kilner Newcastle
Muckle LLP Newcastle
Burnetts Carlisle
Clients of Watson Burton LLP’s construction team report “total satisfaction” with its knowledge and experience, singling out “timely, commercial and cost-effective” practice head Robert Langley.
It acts for some of the UK’s largest house builders and developers.
Dickinson Dees LLP’s construction practice is headed by Simon Lewis, who specialises in contentious PFI, PPP and infrastructure projects work, while Simon Rowland handles the transactional side of matters.
Highlights included acting for Partnerships for Schools on its latest contractors’ framework to deliver £4bn of new BSF schools and academies.
Ward Hadaway’s construction team exhibits a “practical and can-do approach” and acts for Aldi and Barratt Homes among others.
Headed by the “client-focused” Ralph Wrighton, the team advised The Banks Group in connection with construction matters on the first phase of work on a multi-million pound regeneration scheme.
Eversheds LLP’s Mary Anne Roff has a “high level of understanding of construction issues and communicates them in an effective, non-legal manner”.
The practice handles construction disputes with a particular eye to the oil and gas sector. Clients include HJ Banks (Construction) Ltd and Tees Valley Regeneration.
Hay & Kilner’s “timely and reliable” practice continues to advise the Federation of Master Builders on construction law and represented an engineering company in a complex arbitration arising from the construction of two gas-powered-turbine developments in Germany. Martin Soloman heads the practice.
2009 saw Muckle LLP act on the development of three major sports facilities, in Newcastle, Consett and Southampton, with a combined value of over £42m, and the team also saw an upswing in contentious instructions.
Clients recommend construction head Tim Craig for his “breadth of knowledge, experience and measured consideration of the facts”.
Clients include a mixture of private and public sector organisations, among them Dunbar Bank and London South Bank University.
At Burnetts, Jonathan Marshall advises local authorities and educational establishments on construction matters and PFI deals.
On the contentious side, Michael Cousins advised on a VAT dispute arising from the construction of facilities for a football club.
