Spring construction law round up

Our construction law experts considered key legal themes and landing positions which they are encountering in the current market in construction contracts as well as recent significant developments in case law.

Aimed at all parties involved in construction projects - developers, contractors, and consultants

Speaker biographies
Jane McMonagle
Jane is an Accredited Specialist in Construction Law by the Law Society of Scotland and has over 15 years’ experience in providing advice on all types of construction, infrastructure and engineering projects. She is dual qualified in Scotland and England & Wales.
Jane has extensive experience of advising clients on project-wide and strategic issues and acts for a mix of developers, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and funders. She is adept at managing very large and complex, multi-party, fast paced transactions dealing with the interests of a variety of stakeholders, coordinating teams and meeting tight deadlines. She advises on all types of standard form contract including JCT/ SBCC, NEC, IChemE and FIDIC on a range of projects for build contracts, EPC contracts, consultant appointments and facilities management contracts.
Jane is highly regarded among peers, clients and across the industry as a very astute and commercial lawyer. She has advised on a number of high value projects of national significance over the years such as the Redevelopment of the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, the V&A at Dundee and the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.

Kirsteen Milne
Kirsteen has a masters in construction law (with distinction) and is dual qualified in Scotland and England and Wales, having over 20 years' experience in providing advice on all aspects of construction work, acting for employers, contractors, consultants, funders, developers, and sub-contractors in the private and public sector, drafting and negotiating bespoke contracts and all major forms of industry standard contracts (JCT, SBCC, ICE, NEC, IChem , FIDIC etc).
Kirsteen works with clients from the outset of projects, from producing procurement strategies, through implementation, and onto completion, providing advice on risk management at all stages of the construction process.
Kirsteen has advised on a variety of projects: from refurbishment of a 5 star hotel, the development of the new European headquarters for an international bank, new schools and a series of student accommodation projects throughout the UK to energy from waste plants, distilleries, civils contracts relating to installation of fibreoptic broadband and social housing. Kirsteen has also been providing advice to contractors and developers relating to the Building Safety Act 2022 in England & Wales and particularly how best to manage the new Gateway process.

Claire Rice
Claire specialises in dispute avoidance and dispute resolution in construction and engineering matters.
She has extensive experience in managing and resolving disputes for clients in both the public and private sectors. Claire advises a range of employers, contractors, construction professionals and their insurers in various forums. She has represented clients in cases in the Sheriff Court, Court of Session and UK Supreme Court and has wide experience in major adjudications and mediation.