Biography

Ed has recently been awarded an overall Distinction for the prestigious King’s College London MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution. This included achieving distinctions in the “Construction Technology for Lawyers” module and his dissertation “Transparency in International Commercial Arbitration: How Far Has it Come and Should it go Further?”

Construction 

Ed is regularly instructed on residential construction disputes and is looking to expand his practice into commercial construction work. He has recently been awarded an overall Distinction for the prestigious King’s College London MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution.

His previous cases include:

• Disputed payments to architects under a development scheme and conditional sale agreement;
• Alleged breach of contract/negligence with respect to:
  • Ground/piling works
    Design and fabrication of the steel framework for a residential property
    Renovation and extension of a residential property
    Construction of a new build residential property 
• Battle of the forms claims
• Claims under the Party Wall Act
• Advising an architect with respect to work done under a letter of intent 
• Mediation advocate for a company alleged to have been negligent in the design for tying in the front elevation of a £multi-million block of flats in London

Ed has also successfully mediated residential construction disputes.

Property and Land

Ed has extensive property law experience:

• Landlord and Tenant (residential and commercial)
• Charging orders
• Orders for sale
• Vesting orders (including bona vacantia)
• Possession (including defending possession on human rights grounds)
• Forfeiture 
• Service charge disputes (First Tier Tribunal and County Court)
• 1954 Act matters
• Dilapidations
• Tenancy deposit disputes
• Adverse possession
• Restrictive covenants
• Easements
• Boundary disputes
• Trespass and nuisance

Recent cases include:

• Successful proceedings for relief from forfeiture with respect to the lease of roof space for the placement of solar panels. Ed also secured a costs order in the tenant’s favour
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• Advice on the enforceability of, and potential to remove, a restrictive covenant to enable a change of use from commercial to residential
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• Successful application to amend a suspended possession order to impose further terms

Personal Interests

Outside of work Ed enjoys obstacle course racing and triathlon. He has been a Tough Mudder season pass holder, completed numerous open waters swims including the Strait of Gibraltar and Dart 10k. He now concentrates on the Ironman 70.3 distance. He is also passionate about music, playing double bass and piano.