Mediator
Anthony Edwards - Construction Mediator
Anthony has been a construction professional for his entire career, starting out as a quantity surveyor, then qualifying as a barrister and thereafter trained and qualified as an international Chartered Arbitrator and an Accredited and Registered Adjudicator.
Anthony qualified as a mediator with CEDR back in 2003 thereafter with CIArb, TeCSA, TECBAR, IChemE, Bar Council and ADR Group. Anthony is on a number of mediator panels including CEDR, CIArb, TECBAR, IChemE, Bar Council and others.
Anthony acts as counsel as well as tribunal in heavy construction and engineering disputes both nationally and internationally. Disputes range from power, energy, utilities, infrastructure, rail, hospitals, offices, hotels, petro-chemical, processing plants, end of life plastic plants, domestic and residential properties.
Anthony is and has been recommended in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for many years.
What does he bring to the table?
Anthony’s experience in the construction and engineering industry is not insignificant. He knows his way around standard and bespoke contracts such as JCT, FIDIC, NEC, IChemE and RIBA. He is familiar with and can readily interpret specifications, bills of quantities, programmes and complicated drawings. Anthony understands how the construction and engineering industry works.
This experience has its advantages when it comes to resolving parties’ disputes. Anthony regularly overcomes those impasses, which seem insurmountable. He is able to achieve this by the combination of his practical skills in the industry, legal and analytical skills as a barrister and an understanding from a tribunal’s point of view. He understands that it is not always necessary to establish strict legal rights to resolve the parties’ differences.
What has Anthony achieved as a Mediator
Anthony has successfully undertaken over 50 mediations as mediator. His commercial insight from the construction and engineering industry facilitates a practicable solution avoiding the risks and financial uncertainties associated with litigation.
