Richard Alam Senior Associate

Senior Associate

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Richard acts on a wide range of litigation, arbitration and adjudication matters, focusing on the construction and property sectors.

Richard has broad experience of construction disputes, including termination, delay and defective work disputes. He has acted on a number of adjudications and arbitrations, as well as Part 7 and Part 8 litigation proceedings. This includes proceedings in the London Court of International Arbitration, the Technology and Construction Court and the Commercial Court.

Richard regularly advises on complex commercial and residential property disputes, frequently acting for private equity investors or pension funds.

Richard’s experience includes cases involving allegations of fraud, disputes concerning PFI contracts, disputes related to specialist industrial, transport infrastructure, and medical manufacturing facilities, as well as disputes concerning high profile residential developments.

Richard is a member of the Society of Construction Law.

Expertise

Recent work

High Court proceedings

Acting on a case concerning allegations of design and workmanship defects concerning the cladding of a multi-storey private residential development in London.

Dispute relating to a vaccine production facility

Acting for the employer on a final account adjudication relating to the design and construction of a vaccine production facility, involving complex technical allegations concerning whether the facility complied with relevant bio-containment legislation.

Disputes relating to a data centre

Acting for the employer on a case involving a series of adjudications, concerning disputes relating to a contract for the upgrade of a data centre with a value of c. £15m, and related High Court proceedings.

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In depth

Take notice: giving notices under the JCT 2016 D&B Contract

Richard Alam 16 Feb 2022

Getting notices right is crucial in order to preserve or exercise rights under a contract. Getting it wrong can be costly and time intensive to try to resolve. With the phrase...