The Team

Digby Hebbard

I advise parties to domestic and international construction, engineering and building projects on commercial and contractual issues and also represents parties in all forms of dispute resolution. My expertise covers a range of sectors including transport and infrastructure, energy, nuclear, commercial development, healthcare, oil & gas and heritage.

Areas of Expertise

Dispute Resolution

Construction & Engineering Disputes

Construction Projects

Construction & Engineering

Green Energy

Leisure

Projects & Infrastructure

Construction & Engineering Law

Health & Safety

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Our Service

My practice focuses on a wide range of domestic and international construction and engineering projects. My clients include main and specialist contractors, developers and cultural institutions. I assist clients with the procurement of projects and negotiation of contract documents. I also advise clients on technical, commercial and contractual issues arising during live projects. Where disputes are unavoidable, I prosecute and defend claims for clients through various dispute resolution methods including adjudication, arbitration, litigation, mediation and expert determination.

I am fortunate to have such a varied practice. Recent instructions have included an oil pipeline in Nigeria; the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station; a waste to energy facility; Hinkley Point nuclear power station; the redevelopment of Broadgate, London; a motorway extension; a hospital refurbishment; a landmark cultural gallery extension; an underground gas storage facility in Turkey and a water treatment plant.

Away from work I enjoy spending time with my family, keeping fit and active, travel and cooking.

Experience

Conducted the second-ever adjudication case (through the appellate courts and) to the Supreme Court, establishing new law in relation to the relationship between the insolvency and adjudication regimes – Bresco v Michael J Lonsdale.

Advising a specialist contractor in connection with the termination of its contract for works to Hinkley Point nuclear power station.

Advising a specialist contractor in relation to claims arising from the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station.

Advising an international EPC contractor in relation to a EUR 2 billion underground gas storage project.

Advising high profile cultural institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Science Museum Group, the British Museum, The National Gallery and Somerset House in connection with the procurement and delivery of various capital projects.

Digby Hebbard articulates the points we wish to make in a precise manner. The advice is clear and fully considered with the pitfalls in any arguments we are trying to make.

Digby Hebbard is great. A real tactician.

Digby Hebbard is extremely bright and really gets to the heart of the case whilst keeping tight control of the big picture narrative and understanding the commercial realities for the client.