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Charles Edwards

  • Called to BAR: 2002
  • Building Disputes
  • Carriage of Goods
  • Company
  • Company & Corporate
  • Company Disputes
  • Construction
  • Contract Law
  • Employment Law
  • Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Insurance & Re-Insurance
  • Land
  • Landlord & Tenant (Property)
  • Partnership Disputes
  • Planning
  • Professional Negligence
  • Professional Regulation
  • Property, Chancery & Trusts
  • Sale of Goods

Summary

Charles is a first class Barrister, who is extremely bright, confident and fearless. He has a fine eye for detail and is technically brilliant. Charles Edwards is a first class Barrister with a broad commercial practice. Charles has expertise in: • Construction and Engineering • Construction Adjudication • Commercial Litigation • Land & Property Law • Landlord & Tenant • Planning • Commercial • Insolvency • Professional Negligence • Alternative Dispute Resolution Charles is an extremely bright, confident and a fearless Barrister with a fine eye for detail, technically brilliant and very commercial. Education: • MSt University of Cambridge • MSc King’s College London Memberships: • Middle Temple • Chancery Bar Association • Technology and Construction Bar Associatio

Specialist areas of law include

  • Building Disputes
  • Carriage of Goods
  • Company
  • Company & Corporate
  • Company Disputes
  • Construction
  • Contract Law
  • Employment Law
  • Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Insurance & Re-Insurance
  • Land
  • Landlord & Tenant (Property)
  • Partnership Disputes
  • Planning
  • Professional Negligence
  • Professional Regulation
  • Property, Chancery & Trusts
  • Sale of Goods

Profile description

 

Practice and Expertise includes:

Charles Edwards advises on all aspects of Construction & Engineering Law (non-contentious and contentious).  Charles has significant legal experience in advising, drafting and representation in connection with major construction projects and the resolution of complex Construction & Engineering disputes and is a graduate of the University of Cambridge (Departments of Engineering and Architecture) and King’s College London (Centre of Construction Law).

Charles has a sound understanding of the Construction Industry and provides first class legal advice, drafting and robust representation for Developers, Contractors, Subcontractors, Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers, Consulting Engineers, Architects, Employers and Investors in Construction and Engineering Law matters.  This includes legal advice, drafting and robust representation in connection disputes arising from standard forms of construction contracts (JCT Contracts/NEC3 Contracts, NEC4 Contracts, PPC2000) and bespoke contracts.  This includes payment and valuation disputes, final account disputes, disputes over defective work, late completion of work, delays and extensions of time, liquidated damages, the review of construction contracts and their interpretation, contractual liability, design liability, termination, insolvency matters connected to construction and engineering contracts and dispute resolution (adjudication, arbitration, litigation and mediation).

Charles Edwards is an Adjudicator, a member of the Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR), a member of the Society of Construction Law, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators.

Charles also has extensive legal experience in Chancery and Commercial matters and has provided legal advice, drafting and robust representation in matters involving, commercial litigation, partnership disputes, company law, solicitors negligence, insurance disputes, insolvency, property disputes, landlord and tenant disputes, commercial property disputes, arbitration, disputes in connection with services associated with oil and gas, international law and planning law.  Charles Edwards was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2002 by Middle Temple and is also a member of the Chancery Bar Association.

Charles is meticulous and excellent at mastering the detail in complex cases for his clients. He is an excellent advocate, and provides robust representation in the County Court, High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Arbitration, Mediation, Construction Adjudication and other Tribunals.

Areas of Expertise include:

  • Construction and Engineering Law
  • Construction Adjudication
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Insolvency
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Law
  • Landlord & Tenant
  • Planning Law

Qualifications

  • MSt (Cantab) University of Cambridge
  • MSc (Lond) King’s College London
  • BVC, Inns of Court School of Law, Gray’s Inn
  • Barrister (2002)
  • Public Access Accredited Barrister
  • Adjudicator
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

Professional Associations

  • The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
  • Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR)
  • Chancery Bar Association (ChBA)
  • King’s College Construction Law Association
  • Society of Construction Law
  • Worshipful Company of Arbitrators
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
  • Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CIC

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