Neal Morris
Partner
Neal is recognised as one of the UK and world’s leading construction lawyers. He acts for leading contractors on their most challenging cases, as well as 30 years’ experience for employers, sub-contractors and insurers, in both the UK and internationally.
Neal's experience
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Advised a main contractor and refurbishment specialist, on adjudication concerning extension of time, acceleration, and loss and expense claims for a light industrial development.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advised a specialist construction and refurbishment group, on the planning issues and resulting adjudication on account entitlement in relation to a high profile development warehouse and production unit with office space.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Represented a specialist main contractor, in an adjudication concerning payment applications, time extensions, and loss and expense claims for a major facility expansion project.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Represented John Sisk & Son Limited, a major construction contractor, in high court litigation concerning fire safety defects and limitation issues on a legacy project.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advised a leading UK infrastructure services provider in a dispute concerning alleged failures in their system for accurately recording household subscriptions to a garden waste collection scheme, resulting in claims for lost income from unpaid services in a local authority area.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Acting in the first Building Safety Act Contribution proceedings against a cladding manufacturer.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advised a UK design and build contractor on disputes from refurbishing a 5-star London hotel. Defended defective work claims, pursued variations, time extensions, and loss/expense. Resolved through mediation with settlements reached with Employer and Insurers.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Acting for the main contractor in the first reported fire safety cladding case to come to Courts (Martlet v Mulalley) in Adjudication, TCC and Court of Appeal proceedings. Also acting for the contractor in the first Building Safety Act proceedings issued in the TCC to recover from the cladding manufacturer.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Acting for the three-party main contractor joint venture on the recovery, negotiation and dispute resolution strategy in relation to major delays to the construction of the West section of the Thames Tideway Tunnel, or ‘super-sewer’, in London.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advised a civil engineering contractor on multiple adjudications, court proceedings and negotiations arising from the termination of its contract and resulting cross-claims concerning civil and installation works for the North Sea Link the 720km subsea interconnector linking the UK and Norway.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
Credentials
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2026Thomson Reuter - Stand-Out Lawyer
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2023Head of Pinsent Masons’ Construction Advisory and Disputes team
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2019Chairperson, Technology and Construction Solicitors Association Adjudication Sub-Committee
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2019Committee Member, Technology and Construction Solicitors Association
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1996Qualified - Hong Kong
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1992Qualified - England and Wales
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1992Joined Pinsent Masons
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1990LPC, College of Law Guidford
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1988Bachelor of Laws, University College London
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