Case studies

• Driving development
  As we act for a range of developers and housing associations, we have been able to marry many land and development opportunities together for our clients in recent months.
• Prioritising security in student accommodation contract
  We advised lenders on the construction documentation for a £40 million development of student accommodation for a leading London university.
• Education focus - the difference is in the detail
  Our team advised on the draft construction contract and facilities management contracts, warranties and security arrangements on behalf of the funder of a development of a London post graduate student accommodation project with a value of £50 million.
• Care home compromise
  We advised a developer on the development and funding of a new build care home with a build cost of £5 million.
• Meeting multiple retail challenges
  We acted for an institutional investor in the forward funding of a complex retail development near Durham.
• Energy saving recommendations
  Specialist advice was given to a bio-energy company on its contracts for the development of an anaerobic digester on leased agricultural land on a number of sites. Our work included advising on the form of process engineering contract to be used for the project.
• Covering all the bases in fire station PFI scheme
  We acted for the lenders in the financing of a local authority PFI scheme for the design and construction of four new build fire stations and five refurbished fire stations in Suffolk.
• Managing changing requirements in schools PFI project
  Our team advised an infrastructure equity provider and project company on variations made to the project agreement and construction contracts used for a grouped schools PFI project in Exeter which resulted in additional construction work and design issues.
• Overcoming limitation problems in industrial building dispute
  We acted for the owner of an industrial building in bringing claims under collateral warranties against the main contractor, structural engineer, ground compaction subcontractor and others for structural defects to the building which had been constructed on made up land with negligently designed foundations.
• No time to waste
  We are regularly instructed on claims for prolongation and extensions of time and related costs claims.
• Introducing expert evidence in air conditioning systems claim
  We advised a property owner/investor in relation to a claim for defectively designed and installed air conditioning systems in an office building in Leeds.
• Negotiating a settlement for private hospital dispute
  The owners of a private hospital asked us to advise on disputes relating to the design and installation of a specialist metal roof as part of a new build construction.
• Supermarket defects
  We acted for the institutional owner of part of a large shopping centre in Sussex.
• Pipeline mediation
  Our team recently acted for the UK subsidiary of a large US pipe manufacturer in connection with a multi-party dispute in the Technology and Construction Court.
• Novated contract
  Our team advised the developer of a residential scheme which was requested by its contractor to ‘novate’ the building contract to a new company (owned by the same shareholders) due to the first contractor’s potential insolvency.
• Banking sector distress call
  We advised a bank on developing a strategy to enhance recovery on a 'distressed' development where the original developer and the main contractor had become insolvent, but where the asset retained some underlying value.

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