Expertise
Anne heads up the Scottish Construction team at AG and is a specialist in construction disputes, with a particular focus on large infrastructure issues. She regularly deals with energy, real estate and PFI/NPD disputes, including acting for two of the largest contractors, property developers and EfW infrastructure companies in the UK. She is heavily involved with the Scotland energy group, with a particular focus on renewables projects.
Anne has acted for and against all disciplines within the construction industry including employers, members of the professional team, their insurers, contractors and sub-contractors.
Anne is experienced in all forms of dispute resolution from informal negotiation through to mediation, adjudication, arbitration, expert determination and court.
Anne is a Solicitor Advocate with higher rights of audience in the Court of Session and Supreme Court. She is also accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in construction law.
- Experience
- Scottish advisor to national statutory utilities company
- Advising SPVs in connection with defects in a number of PFI/NPD funded schools and hospitals
- Acting for number of FM contractors throughout the UK in PFI and framework disputes, including procurement issues.
- Advising employers and EPC contractors in countless EfW disputes throughout the UK.
- Advising main contractors in relation to the full range of infrastructure disputes including acoustics, glazing units, roofing defects, defective foundations and project overruns.
- Acting in numerous adjudications covering every conceivable issue, including all manner of jurisdictional challenges, pay less notice disputes (smash & grabs), professional negligence, interim payment certificates and final account disputes.
- Very experienced mediation advisor, having represented clients in many successful mediations over the years.
- Testimonials
"Anne is excellent. She is intelligent and highly commercial."
"Anne is good. She is very amenable and responsive, and she is a very, very competent litigator."
"Anne is technically excellent and personable. Her advice is robust and she always offers a view on the best and most cost-effective approach to achieve a client's desired outcome."
Chambers UK
"Recommended lawyer"
Legal 500 (2016)
- Professional memberships
- Member of the Society of Construction Law