Gateley Vinden

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project EXPERIENCE across MANY public and private SECTORS

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Construction dispute resolution

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Gateley Vinden

Dispute Resolution

Building Consultancy

Corporate Advisory

Corporate Debt Advisory

Expert Services

Welcome to Gateley Vinden

Our commitment to you is the centre of our service delivery. We have a wide range of services including dispute management, quantity surveying, project management, bank monitoring, building surveying, sustainability, corporate services and insurance services. We work with an extensive range of clients throughout the public and private sectors. Our varied and extensive project experience crosses many sectors including residential, education, affordable housing, industrial, office, retail, health and hotels / leisure.

Latest News and events

1 Jun 2021Dispute ResolutionNo win no fee adjudication: Is the current cost of adjudication too high? There is no doubt about it, adjudication is simply no longer the quick D.I.Y. process that Parliament intended it would be when the original Act was introduced in May 1998. 23 years of legal and practice developments have undoubtedly morphed the process into one which is now, in our view, more like fast-track arbitration. There is also no doubt that these developments have taken their toll and frightened off many a potential claimant from pursuing a resolution of a dispute through the adjudication process.

13 May 2021Dispute ResolutionContractual risk due to Covid-19: Managing your entitlement under NEC4 Our industry has been dealing with the impact of Covid-19 for well over 12 months now. Throughout this period, and notwithstanding the many challenges faced, the UK construction industry has been like a beacon of light in its response to the pandemic. Now that the dust has begun to settle, I feel now is the ideal time to reflect on the lessons learnt over the past 12 months and to review the contractual risk of Covid-19 going forward.

26 Apr 2021Dispute ResolutionInsolvent Claimants and the right to adjudicate in Construction Contracts In September 2010 the Society of Construction Law published a paper called Using Adjudication to Resolve Disputes when one of the Parties is Insolvent (D112). Those of you with long memories may recall that I was the author of that paper. I wrote the paper out of academic interest and because at the time my firm was acting for a significant number of Administrators and Liquidators of claimant companies in disputes where Respondents were effectively taking advantage of our client’s insolvent status to deny our clients the right to payment of sums properly due to them.