Kevin P Hayes
FRICS, FCIArb
Expert Witness, Party Advisor, Party Representative, Training
Appointments
Expert Witness: 27
Party Adviser or Representative: 179
Expert witness appointments primarily in relation to disputes about quantum including final accounts, measurement and valuation, variations, value of remedial work, direct loss and expense, assessment of compensation events and cost reimbursement.
Party adviser in a wide range of situations from those where no proceedings involved to adjudication, arbitration and litigation. Party adviser and representative in cases referred to adjudication (23) or arbitration (34). Disputes concerning value of work carried out, variations, direct loss and expense, claims for damages, compensation events, extensions of time, interpretation of contract provisions, defective work, determination of contract, set-off.
Training
In-house training for Kier Group, Carillion (formerly Mowlem), Taylor Wimpey (formerly Taylor Woodrow), London and Quadrant Housing Association, Sulzer.
Past visiting tutor and examiner in arbitration for Leeds Metropolitan University MSc Course in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution. Tutor on adjudication, School of Law, University of Salford.
Subject matter of courses and workshops includes standard forms of contract (including JCT main contract and sub-contract forms; ICC (formerly ICE); GC/Works/1; NEC; contractual and commercial awareness; adjudicator and arbitrator surgeries; specific topics in the field of dispute resolution.
Services provided include bespoke in-house courses and workshops; bespoke workshops for contract team on recently awarded contracts.