Upcoming Events :
Housing Seminar: Partnerships with the Public Sector – Avoiding the pitfalls
Thu 31 May 2012
Minerva House, 5 Montague Close, London, SE1 9BB
Colin Hall
Position: Partner
Core Areas: Social Housing, Real Estate & Dispute Resolution
Colin has over 25 years experience of construction and engineering contracts.
On the disputes side he handles complex, high value litigation and arbitration, both in the UK and internationally (eg under the ICC, LCIA, AAA rules). Examples of these matters are:
- Obtaining a High Court injunction on behalf of a Swedish company to prevent early termination of the contract;
- A claim for defects under a recent hospital PFI contract.
He is acknowledged in the directories as getting to the nub of the issues and finding solutions. He works with Winckworth Sherwood's Dispute Resolution Team on a very wide range of construction related disputes such as final account disputes, Bond calls, disputed letters of intent, VAT recovery. He uses mediation, adjudication, litigation and arbitration as suits each matter.
On the transactional side Colin provides the construction input to matters handled by Winckworth Sherwood's range of teams dedicated to serving the built environment, such as utilities, regeneration, environmental and planning.
Renewables and Community Infrastructure
Colin is taking a leading role in the legal developments surrounding renewable energy and community infrastructure. He advises on the incentive regimes such as FiT, the Renewable Obligation, and the Renewable Heat Incentive. He is chairing the UK Green Building Council's Task Force on standardising the legal frameworks for the development of Community Infrastructure Projects. This deals with single site developments through to city centre regeneration projects and stand alone renewable energy centres.
Recent experience
- Preparation of the EPC contract for the development of Solar Parks
- A turnkey contract for the electrical upgrade of secure data centres
- Representing the contractor of a petro-chemical plant on the dispute arising from termination of the contract
- Advising a FTSE 100 company on making a call under an on-demand bond together with the ensuing litigation
- Representing the contractor in an adjudication under the NEC3 contract leading to a novel interpretation of the payment provisions
- ICC arbitration concerning an equipment supply and installation project for an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia
Professional memberships
- Law Society in England and Wales
- Society of Construction Law
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- UK Green Building Council (Committee Member)
Work history
2011 to present, Partner, Winckworth Sherwood
1998 to 2011, Partner, Bird & Bird
1993 to 1998, Partner, Lane and Partners
Publications
- 'Opportunities for Construction Companies Arising from the Feel-in Tariff' - August 2010
- 'Compendium of Legislation Affecting Zero Carbon Buildings' - June 2010
- 'Contribution to the UK GBC Report entitled Community Sustainable Infrastructure' - February 2010
- 'Opportunities for Saving Costs in Three Member Arbitrations - Global Arbitration Review' - January 2010
- 'Is Construction Adjudication Under the HGCRA Applicable to Renewable Energy Contracts?' - September 2009
