• Construction & Engineering
• Infrastructure
• Adjudication
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Chancery
• International Arbitration

• Barrister (2002)
• Middle Temple
• Public Access Accredited Barrister
• University of Cambridge (Wolfson College), Departments of Engineering and Architecture (Masters of Studies Degree in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment)
• King’s College London, Centre of Construction Law (Master’s Degree in Construction Law and Arbitration)
• University of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law
• Inns of Court School of Law (Gray’s Inn), Bar Vocational Course
• TECBAR Accredited Adjudicator Training
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS)
• Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES), (Fellow Member of the CICES, FCInstCES)

• The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
• Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR)
• Chancery Bar Association (ChBA)
• Commercial Bar Association (ComBar)
• King’s College Construction Law Association (KCCLA)
• Society of Construction Law (SCL)
• Worshipful Company of Arbitrators
• JCT Council Member (The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT))
• NEC Contracts (Individual member)
• Chartered Institution of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

• Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES)

• Chair of the Contracts and Dispute Resolution Panel (CICES)

Payment – Cash is King – Legal Update: Talk on behalf of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

A presentation on payment, in particular a legal update on recent developments in the case law on payment and some practical points for payees and payers to help avoid pitfalls in relation payment. Payment in the construction industry continues to remain one the biggest problems for all those involved in the industry. This talk will provide an update on payment, in particular on recent developments in the case law in relation to payment, pay less notices, enforcement of payment, challenges to payment, recovery of payment, identifying key trends from the courts in their approach to issues regarding payment and some practical points for payees and payers to help avoid the pitfalls identified in relation to payment.

Date: 19th November 2019

Venue: Middle Temple

The Queen’s Room
Middle Temple Lane
London
EC4Y 9AT

Booking details via the following link on the CICES website:
https://www.cices.org/news/events/payments-cash-is-king-legal-update/

Letters of Intent – Talk on behalf of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

A presentation on to learn about the issues arising from the use of letters of intent and crucially the do’s and do not’s. The continued use of Letters of Intent and the subsequent potential issues which may arise are a continuing challenge for the construction industry. This event arranged at the prestigious Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court situated in the City of London will discuss the issues arising from the use of letters of intent and crucially the do’s and do not’s to be followed if you so choose to use this method of early engagement.

Date: 11th September 2019

Venue: Middle Temple

The Queen’s Room
Middle Temple Lane
London
EC4Y 9AT

Booking details via the following link on the CICES website:
https://www.cices.org/news/events/letters-of-intent/

Talk at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Thames Valley Branch) (JCT/NEC3 and PPC2000)

• Charles Edwards, Barrister & TECBAR Adjudicator gave a talk on Collaborative Working in connection with Construction Contracts at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Thames Valley Branch) based on research carried out and supervised at the University of Cambridge (Departments of Engineering and Architecture).
• https://www.idbe.arct.cam.ac.uk/news/collaborative-working-and-uk-construction-contracts
• http://thames-arbitrators.org.uk/events/collaborative-working-and-uk-construction-contracts-1

Keynote Speech on Dispute Resolution at Olympia London Exhibition Centre (Dispute Resolution)

• Charles Edwards, Barrister and Adjudicator gave a keynote speech on Dispute Resolution at the T10+ Business Show at Olympia London. The successful keynote speech was titled: “Key Steps Towards Successful Dispute Resolution Management”

Talk for an International Engineering Company involved in the Construction Industry (Letters of Intent)

• Charles Edwards, Barrister and Adjudicator was invited by an international engineering company to give a talk on Letters of Intent at their annual training day. This included amongst other things, the dangers of proceeding with Construction Works on Letters of Intent.

• Charles Edwards, high performing Construction Barrister and Head of New Temple Chambers has been invited by the NEC People to give a talk amongst other NEC Experts at their 13th Annual Conference on NEC4 Contracts and Disallowed Costs in the City of London..

1. The Conduct of Litigation in the Technology and Construction Court: Recent Guidance from the TCC
2. Beware of the Payment and Time related provisions in the JCT Standard Building Contract 2011: Recent guidance from the High Court (TCC)
3. Adjudicators’ Decisions: Recovery of Overpayments, Time Bars and Limitation Periods – Supreme Court Guidance.
4. Arbitration Act 1996 and the Insolvency Rules 1986: Guidance from the High Court
5. NEC3 Contract – Project Manager reversing his decision: Can a Second Adjudicator consider the First Adjudicator’s Decision? – High Court (TCC) Guidance
6. Employer’s application for judgment against Contractor rejected in the High Court (TCC): Statements made in an ‘Offer’ did not constitute ‘Admissions’..
7. The UK Supreme Court considers over 100 years of law and provides useful guidance in determining what is a Penalty Clause.
8. JCT Building Contract: What is meant by an “Appropriate Deduction” and how should it be calculated? – Guidance from the High Court (TCC).
9. NEC3 Conditions of Contract (as amended): How many potholes constitute a Compensation Event? – Adjudication, Arbitration and then the High Court (TCC).
10. Practical Completion: Construction Contracts.
11. Incorporation of Terms and Conditions: Battle of the forms – useful guidance from the High Court (TCC).
12. Construction Adjudication: Cherry picking what is submitted to Adjudication.
13. FIDIC Yellow Book: Major Construction Project, Extension of Time, Conditions Precedent, Termination of Contract – Guidance from the High Court.
14. Arbitration: Enforcement of a Dubai Arbitration Award in the High Court in England – The Approach of the High Court to section 103 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
15. Dangers of Proceeding with Construction Works using Letters of Intent.
16. The Adjudicator simply got it wrong: Challenging Adjudicator’s Decisions using Part 8 proceedings in the High Court – Guidance from the High Court (TCC).
17. Non-Payment in Construction Contracts and Winding-Up Petitions: Guidance from the High Court (Chancery Division.
18. NEC3 Contracts: Have you agreed a change to your Contract orally or by conduct or does it need to be in writing (Clause 12.3).
19. Discrepancies between the electronic version and paper version of the JCT DB 2016 Contract (as amended). Which version is correct? John Sisk and Son Ltd v Capital & Centric (Rose) Ltd [2025] EWHC 594 (TCC).
20. Be mindful what you wish for in adjudication…Bell Building Limited v T Clarke Contracting Limited [2024] EWHC 1929 (TCC).
21. Payment & Payless Notices (amended JCT Sub-Contract) – A Different Approach to Challenging Adjudicators’ Decisions – High Court Guidance.
22. Termination for Convenience and Recovery of Reasonable Costs pursuant to Clause 19.6(c) of the FIDIC Yellow Book 1999: Lessons from [2025] UKPC.
23. NTC Monthly Construction Law Update: April 2025.
24. NTC Monthly Construction Law Update: May 2025.

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• JCT Council Member (Joint Contracts Tribunal), CICES Representative
• Chair of the Contracts and Dispute Resolution Panel at the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors 
• Member of the Commercial Management and Practices Committee (CMPC) of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors