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Nicholas Gould - Fenwick Elliott LLP
Nicholas is a partner at Fenwick Elliott LLP, the UK's largest specialist construction and engineering solicitors.
He advises on, drafts, negotiates and settles construction documents, and provides strategic contract and dispute avoidance advice. His dispute resolution experience spans negotiation, ADR, adjudication, arbitration and litigation, not just in the UK but internationally. He is an accredited adjudicator and dispute board member, and regularly acts as lead mediator in multi-million, multi-party mediations. Nicholas is Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce's International Centre for Expertise (Le Centre international d'expertise de la CCI), past Chairman of the Society of Construction Law and Senior Visiting Lecturer at King's College, London.
Michael Bowscher QC - Monckton Chambers
Michael Bowsher QC has appeared in many of the major UK procurement cases over the last decade. He is described by as "absolute dynamite" by Chambers & Partners and a " real authority on procurement law" by Legal 500.
Michael is involved in a large number of matters calling for advice in planning the procurement or major construction and IT projects, or in establishing sophisticated procurement arrangements. He is also heavily involved in advising clients how best to respond to challenging situations evolving during the tender process. He has represented clients in injunction proceedings and claims for damages for breach of procurement rules. For instance he acted for the defence in Lion v Firebuy Limited and has appeared for a number of recent successful challenges, in particular McLaughlin & Harvey and Henry Brothers. He has recently appeared for Federal Security in a successful injunction application against the Police Service of Northern Ireland which has established the important principle that the requirement for standstill periods applies even to part B service contracts. In 2007, Michael was appointed Vice-Chair of the ICC Task Force on Public Procurement.
The Honourable Mr Justice Akenhead
In continuous practice since 1973 as a specialist construction law barrister, Robert Akenhead had an extensive UK and international workload, both in court and in arbitration. His work covered a wide-ranging field of different types of both engineering and building construction; power stations, dams, tunnels, roads, bridges, oil and gas installations, pipelines, dredging, reclamation, mining operations, mechanical and electrical works, buildings of all types, airports, shipbuilding and computer technology. He acted for employers, developers, governments, local/administrative authorities, contractors, sub-contractors, all types of construction-related professionals (e.g. architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and project managers) and funding institutions.
Within this specialist field, he acted in numerous different types of case involving disputes as to defects, final accounts, measurement, delay and disruption claims, professional negligence, bonds and guarantees, contractual and statutory interpretation and the like.
His international practice took him to most parts of the world (Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia, USA, the Caribbean and Europe). He was involved extensively in arbitrations and disputes relating to projects inter alia in China, India, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Fiji, Egypt, Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Iran, Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, Dubai, Oman, Trinidad, Bahamas, Dutch Antilles, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Russia, Czech Republic and Poland.
He also had an extensive practice as arbitrator, adjudicator and conciliator. He was involved in Dispute Review Boards. He is a consultant editor of the Building Law Reports. He still acts as arbitrator.
As a High Court judge he is primarily involved in TCC work with all types of work in that field. He has acquired some experience of other types of civil work such as medical and clinical negligence.
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC - Atkin Chambers
Chantal has a broad commercial practice and regularly appears in domestic and international arbitration, domestic courts, mediation and adjudication.
She specialises in construction and engineering, energy, information technology, professional negligence and transport disputes representing a wide range of clients including governments and public bodies, contractors, private employers, manufacturers and professional advisors.
She is recommended by the most recent legal directories: in the Legal 500 (2007) as a leading junior in the construction field and in Chambers & Partners (2008) as a leading junior in the fields of construction and international arbitration.
Chambers and Partners 2008: "Possessed of a "calm and precise manner" she enters the courtroom "scarily well prepared" and "provides clients with commercial advice" "
Legal 500: "She is "very clever, good on paper and on her feet" and "always delivers on time""
Chantal has represented employers, contractors and their professional advisers in many cases concerning numerous types of building and civil engineering projects.
David Risbridger - Denton Wilde Sapte
David is head of the Projects and Construction group based in our Milton Keynes office and is also the office head. David is in charge of a broad based projects practice acting for both the public and private sectors. David has extensive experience in the detention sector having advised on a number of Secure Training Centre expansions and on a new Secure Training Centre at Milton Keynes. David has also advised in connection with Immigration Detention Centres and other PFI/PPP projects.