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Get expert advice on all aspects of construction disputes

Our knowledge derives from the multitude of professional disputes that we manage daily for all participants in major development projects.

We cover every element of contentious construction from start to finish including professional negligence, payment disputes, contracts and insolvency.

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construction services

Litigation

Whether you are bringing a claim or attacking one, litigation is usually a last resort option that comes with a serious price tag.
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Adjudication

Payment delays damage your business. Use us to adjudicate and obtain overdue payments quickly.
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Arbitration

Contractually-prescribed arbitration is an alternative to High Court litigation. It is confidential, flexible and easy to enforce when you win.
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Negotiated Resolution

There are numerous ways to resolve contentious matters without issuing proceedings.
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Cardium Law gets results
in your sector

Get expert, value-for-money advice on all aspects of the construction process.
  • Effective structuring of transactions
  • Site assembly
  • Procurement strategies
  • Planning
  • Property development agreements
  • Joint venture and profit share agreements
  • Managing ecological and natural conservation issues
  • Plot sales
  • Property dispute resolution
  • Arbitrations
  • Adjudications
  • Insurance disputes
  • Latent defect claims
  • Claims against professional advisors

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Pre and post-construction advice
in plain language

  • Planning applications
  • Local ordinances
  • Minerals and mines
  • Licences
  • Restrictions and use of land
  • Compulsory purchase orders
  • 106 Agreements
  • Enforcement, retention of title and possession claims
  • Possession, forfeiture, and eviction claims (commercial and residential)
  • Rent dispute and arrears claims
  • Covenant and easements (creation, enforcement, and removal)
  • Disputes between lenders and borrows including repossession and enforcement claim.
  • Drafting of commercial and residential leases
  • Deeds of alteration
  • Deeds of surrender

Litigation

Whether you are bringing a claim or attacking one, litigation is usually a last resort option that comes with a serious price tag.
It is unusual for any construction business to have monies set aside to pay litigation lawyers, yet funding a substantive claim may be the only way to recover significant sums and protect the company’s assets.
Our Claimant client base attracts multi-million pound corporate professional negligence claims achieving recoveries connected to all professional elements of a construction site. The claims attract insurance becoming an “asset” on your balance sheet instead of a liability.
Our Defendant client base regularly involves circumstances deconstructing claims arising out of loan agreements, insolvency, misrepresentations, shareholder contracts, JCT Contracts, joint venture disputes, and a whole host more.
Are you interested in knowing more about litigation insurance wraps and associated litigation finance, to avoid denting your balance sheet?
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Adjudication

Payment delays damage your business. Use us to adjudicate and obtain overdue payments quickly.

At Cardium, we’re experts in using this process to speed up outstanding payments to our construction sector clients.

We have a fixed price adjudication scheme. You can rely on our experience in both defending and bringing adjudications for our clients.
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Arbitration

Contractually-prescribed arbitration is an alternative to High Court litigation with advantages including confidentiality, flexibility and ease of enforcement when you win.

At Cardium, we are experienced at managing arbitrations both ad hoc and through major institutions:

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

LCIA

The American Arbitration Association (AAA)

LCIA

International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)

LCIA

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNICTRAL)

LCIA

Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

LCIA

Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)

LCIA

Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE)

LCIA

International Chambers of Commerce (ICC)

LCIA

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Negotiated Resolution

There are numerous ways to resolve contentious matters without issuing proceedings.

When there are multiple parties to a dispute, it can be complicated.

We are successful when bringing multi-million-pound claims, very often without going to trial.

Our detailed analytical approach to either bringing a claim or defending one significantly enhances the prospects reaching acceptable settlement terms without litigation.

In some instances we have stopped multi-million pound prospective litigation claims by dismantling the evidence and associated legal structures.

We find the right tools to fix the problems always in the expectation that litigation may be avoided.

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CASh (Cardium Adjudication Scheme)

Fixed price, cost-effective and risk-free adjudication for construction contractors and subcontractors.

Increase your chances of winning with joint representation by both a Solicitor and a Quantity Surveyor.

Pay a small upfront cost to assess your eligibility and defer any further fees on a no-win-no-fee basis.

Optional insurance is available against an order to pay the adjudicator’s fees on an adverse outcome.

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