Peter Darby

Peter Darby is a senior associate in the Insurance and Construction & Engineering practices of Mayer Brown's London office. Peter's primary area of focus is contentious construction disputes. He acts for a wide range of clients and advises developers, employers, contractors, architects, consultants, engineers and insurers in relation to all forms of construction dispute. Peter has represented clients in multi-party litigation in the Technology and Construction Court, mediations, adjudications and international arbitrations on a wide array of projects including PFI/PPP projects, residential premises, hospitals, student accommodation, hotels, office facilities, exhibition centres and complex waste facilities. He advises clients on complex and technical disputes, including claims concerning defective design and workmanship, termination, delay, disruption and quantum.

Peter joined Mayer Brown in 2016 as a trainee and during his training contract spent six months on secondment to the legal team at an insurance broker.

• Acting for a number of design and build contractors and their insurers on numerous multi-party disputes in the Technology and Construction Court relating to the design and installation of cladding systems and other building safety matters on residential premises, student accommodation, hotels, hospitals and office facilities.
• Advising a FTSE 100 developer on more than a dozen multi-party claims relating to cladding and other building safety matters following the Grenfell Tower Tragedy, including claims involving Remediation Orders, Remediation Contribution Orders and Building Liability Orders.
• Advising a FTSE 100 developer on how to navigate the substantial legislative changes brought about by the Building Safety Act 2022, including the implications of having signed the Developer’s Cladding Remediation Contract.

• Listed as a key lawyer for Construction: Contentious, "....... Peter Darby is coming up fast." - Legal 500

• England and Wales