Robert Hobson

• Acting for different construction professionals (including contractors, architects and developers) on a significant number of claims arising out of cladding systems which are non-compliant with the Building Regulations, both in pursuing and defending claims.
• Advising the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturer and supplier in relation to a number of contractual disputes, including in relation to a claim for an extension of time and prolongation costs arising out of a project involving the erection of 36 wind turbines at a wind farm in Scotland.
• Acting for a contractor in defending a claim following its termination by the employer on a waste-from-energy facility in Northern Ireland.
• Representing a design and build contractor in multiple concurrent adjudications relating to its entitlement to an extension of time arising out of the delayed construction and renovation of a company’s headquarters in central London.
• Advising a contract administrator in respect to claims made by the employer and its administrators in relation to the design and refurbishment of a listed building in Kent.
• Acting for a contractor and its Insurers in defending claims brought by the employer arising out of the design and construction of a major mixed use residential, commercial and leisure development in Manchester. The defects are varied and include water ingress, overheating in the apartments, cracks in the glazing and the cladding allegedly being in breach of the Building Regulations.
• Acting for an architect and its Insurers in defending claims brought by the contractor arising out of the manner in which colour was applied to the glass on a 50-storey tower block in central London.
• Advising Insurers in relation to a claim made by a contractor for the losses arising out of the design and construction of a waste to energy facility in Derby.

Kaplan Law School, LPC

University of Law, Bloomsbury, GDL

University of Southampton, BA (Hons)

• England and Wales

• Member of TeCSA