Claire’s credentials

laire is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 for International Arbitration and listed as a recommended lawyer in Lexology Index: Global Leaders for Construction Law. She specialises in the resolution of both domestic and international construction and engineering disputes that may arise during the life-cycle of a project including those relating to delays, variations, defects, interim payment notices and final account disputes. She has experience of all major forms of dispute resolution including litigation, adjudication, arbitration, and mediation and regularly advises clients on the best strategies to adopt in order to resolve their disputes in accordance with their commercial objectives. She regularly advises in relation to the key standard form construction contracts including the NEC, JCT, FIDIC and IChemE forms and has worked across a wide range of sectors within the industry including in relation to a nuclear implicated facility. 

Claire is the author of Fenwick Elliott’s Insight publication and her articles have been widely published across numerous industry journals. She was a co-author of the NEC and CLC’s joint guidance on the use of retentions for construction contracts. Claire was heavily involved in setting up the Adjudication Society’s Pledge for Equal Representation in Adjudication and a founder of Women in Adjudication. She sits on the Steering Committee for King’s College’s research into Adjudication practise. Claire is also a co-author of Mediating Construction Disputes: An Evaluation of Existing Practice which was shortlisted for the prize for best communication or publication by CEDR in its 2010 awards and which received a CEDR award for excellence. 

Claire is a regular speaker on construction law issues. Claire is the Honorary Secretary for the Adjudication Society and founder member of Women in Adjudication.