About Anthony Edwards
Anthony Edwards - Construction Barrister
Anthony Edwards specialises in heavy construction disputes arising from building & engineering activities both nationally and internationally relating to breach of contract, delay & disruption, time extensions, prolongation, payment provisions, acceleration, loss of productivity, final accounts and conflict of laws and professional negligence actions against professional advisers including architects/engineers, surveyors and solicitors with extensive experience in mediation, adjudication, arbitration and litigation.
He has worked with most of the standard forms of contracts amongst others JCT, ICE, FIDIC, NEC, IChemE on projects including; hospitals, water treatment plants, railways, power stations, petro-chemical, mechanical & electrical services, bridges and domestic dwellings.
Anthony also undertakes general commercial and property related matters.
Qualifications
Barrister-at-Law
Chartered Arbitrator FCIArb Dip ICArb
Accredited Adjudicator (CIArb, CIOB, IChemE)
Mediator, (CEDR, CIArb, TeCSA, ADR Group)
Quantity Surveyor, BSc (Hons).
Professional Membership & Panels
CIArb., LCIA, TECBAR, SCL, CIOB, ICE, IChemE, TeCSA, CEDR
Personal Information
Education: Universities; Leeds & Newcastle
Previous Employer: Gleesons Plc (civils)
Prizes: Awarded the CIArbs’ Cedric Barclay Prize for the best International Award Writer of 2005
Awards / Decisions: Made a number of awards as Adjudicator / Arbiter concerning; construction and commercial disputes
Publications: Numerous articles in practitioners’ and learned journals
Author: Currently writing a book “Acceleration & Productivity Disputes in Construction “ under contract with Blackwells.
Hobbies: Rowing, Running and Travel
Recent Instructions
Acting as adjudicator in a chemical engineering dispute, valued approximately £4m
Acting as adjudicator in a construction dispute, valued approximately £280,000
Acting as adjudicator in a commercial dispute, valued approximately £7m
Acting as sole Arbitrator in a commercial dispute with a UK seat
Acting as sole Arbitrator in a construction dispute with a UK seat
Petro-chemical arbitration dispute in Norway, valued approximately £2m
Housing development arbitration dispute in England, valued approximately £1.1m
Adjudication building dispute relation to a hotel £280,000 delay and disruption
Motorway arbitration dispute in UK, valued approximately £600,000
Petro-chemical arbitration in UK, valued approximately £6m
Power station dispute in UK, valued approximately £19m
Power station dispute in TCC, valued approximately £700,000
Professional negligence TCC dispute, valued approximately £750,000
Professional negligence dispute, valued approximately £350,000
Adjudication repudiatory breach, valued approximately £250,000
Arbitration breach of contract M&E, valued approximately £270,000