Construction dispute resolution

Specialist construction law solicitors providing pragmatic and strategic construction dispute resolution advice to operators in the construction industry.

Where disputes are unavoidable, the solicitors in Holmes & Hills’ Construction Division regularly represent clients in contentious matters with a focus on achieving a prompt, cost-effective and successful conclusion.

The construction lawyers at Holmes & Hills are experienced in all forms of dispute resolution including Adjudication, Arbitration and Litigation (Court proceedings) as well as alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods such as mediation and expert determination.

Our construction dispute lawyers frequently advise and represent clients in relation to:

• Extension of time (EOT) and Loss and Expense (L&E) claims
• Extra hire claims
• Variation claims
• Interim and final account disputes
• Practical completion disputes
• Defective works and defect liability periods
• Enforcement of Adjudicator’s Decisions/Arbitrator’s Awards
• Suspension and termination
• Professional negligence

Resolving construction disputes

Where disputes are unavoidable, Holmes & Hills’ Construction Division are experienced in providing specialist legal advice and representation relating to a wide range of construction disputes. Advice provided by the team is pragmatic, prompt and commercial. Advice and representation is provided by solicitors specialising in Construction Law who deal solely with operators in and suppliers to the Construction industry.

Disputes between builders, trades people and consumers or businesses are often made more complicated by the lack of adequate or appropriate contract terms as well as the conduct of the parties once the works are underway.

In these situations there is a lot to be argued and much to be disputed, with expert legal representation likely to be pivotal in dictating the course of the dispute and its successful resolution.

Specialist construction dispute solicitors

Holmes & Hills’ team of construction solicitors are based at the firm’s head office – the A12 Commercial Hub – at Junction 25 of the A12, Marks Tey, Colchester. From the firm’s seven offices across Essex and Suffolk, the Construction Team provides services to clients which are based across the whole of the UK in addition to those across East Anglia, the South East and in London.

In addition, the Construction Division work in partnership with both the Scaffolding Association, and the National Association of Shopfitters, and provide advice to their members on both contentious and non-contentious issues.