Construction

Our services in this field are handled by our strategic & sensitive litigation unit (SSL).

Buller Jeffries offers clients expertise through the range of cases in the  construction field: from major fire claims and personal injury cases with an argument as to who is liable - main contractor, sub-contractor and so on – through to collapsing buildings and damage to plant. Often involving multi-party claims, there is a common thread - attention to detail. 

Buller Jeffries has become the champion of the contractor/ sub-contractor in the battle with the employer under the insurance clauses of the JCT contract having been involved in the leading reported cases.

Recent cases include:

• inadequate pilings - analysis of soil type/ construction site conditions
• a collapsing motorway. – heavy rainfall/ inadequate drainage
• ball bearings in motorway bridge
• design of public house/ restaurant – extraction and ventilation systems facilitated spread of fire (the deep fat fryer scenario)

Professional Indemnity

Buller Jeffries has extensive experience of dealing with claims brought against a wide variety of professionals such as accountants, solicitors and construction professionals - architects, surveyors and structural engineers. 

Our group also works for the insurers of building societies seeking recovery of damages following negligence or fraud by solicitors in connection with property transactions.  

Construction Contracts, JCT, ICE, etc:
Roger Coates, Derek Adamson and Caroline Coates
 
Property Claims including CPA conditions:
Geoff Lewis and Richard Davis
 
Professional Indemnity:
Roger Coates, Geoff Lewis, Derek Adamson and Nigel Dace