Construction and engineering disputes are unlike any other commercial dispute. Often huge, multi-party, big money contracts, they are typically complex to sort out. As such, you need a legal team highly experienced in resolving sophisticated controversies.
Our team has worked on some of the biggest construction and engineering disputes in history. We excel in all areas of dispute resolution – litigation before the courts and arbitration globally plus some more jurisdictional-specific mechanisms such as adjudication in the UK.
We deliver efficiency, predictability, and better outcomes to your project because we’ve been there, seen it and done it all. We don’t need to waste time getting up to speed because we understand not just the law, but how mega-projects and businesses like yours work.
The sheer size of our team means we can also offer you flexibility. We are able to staff up and deliver big complex disputes anywhere and anytime you need us. Not many firms could put 50 construction lawyers onto a construction dispute quickly and efficiently. And all our work is aided by award-winning technology pioneered by our internationally recognized Litigation team – this includes cutting edge-case management systems and e-platforms designed to bring added efficiency to your cases.
Our Construction Disputes capability in Ireland
The nature and complexity of construction disputes has greatly increased in recent years, making it more important than ever to have legal advice at hand. Our Construction Disputes lawyers in Ireland work closely with the firm's Real Estate and Construction Departments and can advise you on construction litigation, arbitration, conciliation, mediation and adjudication.
Our lawyers are experienced in all aspect of Irish construction dispute law. Our recent experience includes acting:
- for a multinational beverage alcohol company in dispute with its Contractor regarding Extension of Time claims against our client that included claims arising from COVID restrictions, the claims were referred to Conciliation under the Contract
- for an international engineering company engaged as sub-Contractor to provide mechanical and electrical services in construct a production facility for a technology company where there are ongoing contractual beaches. We act in the dispute with the Employer
- for an international windfarm operator in Ireland in dispute with its contractor who constructed the underground cabling works to join the windfarm to the central energy supply. Prosecuting a claim against the contractor for the defective works and the design responsibility for the cabling works
- for an International Technology firm, developing a state of the art building in greater Dublin area. Providing on-going advice during final stages of contract on how to manage contractor claims for acceleration, extensions of time, variations and other claims, allegedly falling outside contract
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