General and Commercial Experience...

John is a widely experienced mediator who has mediated successfully on more than 60 UK and international disputes from a few thousand pounds to £multi-millions. His ‘success’ rate is 90%.

John Price has worked both in private practice and in commercial organisations. Since 1979 he has specialised in advising on contractual matters, disputes and settling contentious accounts and the like.

He is experienced in conducting mediations between commercial companies large and small, in the UK and internationally, in:-

• The construction industry
• The manufacturing industry
• Specialist Trades
• Property
• Professional Services/Negligence
• Worldwide Procurement
• Exhibition Displays
• Drilling Machinery
• The Pottery Industry
• Neighbour Disputes
• The sale of a Vulcan Bomber
• Equine pursuits

He also mediates as a Court of Appeal Mediation Scheme Mediator which normally involves very complex disputes.

Experience includes multi-party disputes with legally represented parties (solicitors and counsel) and with expert witnesses in attendance. Mediations conducted also include complex multi-issue disputes, with up to 20 people in attendance and organising assistant mediators, experts and other attending to carry out concurrent exercises to assist in achieving settlements.

Author of numerous articles on dispute resolution. Speaker on mediation at Dubai 2004 Conference on commercial dispute resolution in the Middle East.

Construction Experience ...

John Price has worked both in private practice and for contractors, having spent some years “learning the job” as a project QS on varied work before joining one of the UK’s largest contractors to specialise in tender and contract documentation. Since 1979 he has specialised in advising on contractual matters, construction disputes and settling contentious final accounts and the like.

He has been involved in and advised clients on a very wide range of building and civil engineering projects, throughout the UK and internationally. Clients have included numerous contractors, specialist subcontractors, developers, public bodies, lawyers and consultants. He was in partnership with a barrister up to the end of 1985 and then formed his own practice.

Project Experience

 1) Of a Building Nature:-

Local Government Offices, Schools, Hospitals, Commercial developments, Private and municipal housing developments, Prisons, Refurbishment projects, Bakery works, Sports and leisure centres and stadia, Prefabricated fast track buildings, Large hotels and office developments, Hostels, Industrial developments, Courts, Embassy buildings, Municipal offices, Brewery works, Animal welfare facilities, Theatres, Music Centres, Exhibition Galleries, Museums, Retail Units, Night Clubs, Hairdressing Salons.

 2) Of a Civil Engineering Nature:-

Power stations (including oil, hydro electric and nuclear), Road and motorway construction and reconstruction, road improvement schemes, by-passes, roads in desert areas and in remote mountainous terrain, Infrastructure works for complete new town developments, Flood alleviation works, Pipelines (water, gas and oil). Oil field installations, Mechanical and electrical projects. Gas industry (AGI) projects, Plant terminals, Bridgeworks, Airfield works, Tunnels, Mechanical handling works. District heating installations including large city centre below ground pipe installations. Water treatment (ozone) works. Chemical processing plants, Canals, Air fields etc.

 3) Of a Specialist Construction Nature:-

Groundworks, Piling, Curtain walling, Mechanical and Electrical works, Painting, Cladding, Plastering, Suspended ceilings, Motorway and road works, Fencing, Reinforcement and formwork, Precast Concrete, Brickwork, Glazing, Flooring, Windows, Shop fitting, Landscape works, Services, Refurbishment, Roofing, Telecommunications/Internet Hotels, Lifts, Leadwork, Railway, Information Systems.

International Experience

International experience includes work for clients in Kuwait, Dubai, Muscat, Salalah, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Germany, China, Korea, India, Nepal, Italy, Turkey and Austria.

 Professional Experience:-

 Quantity Surveying Advised clients on all aspects of project quantity surveying. Experienced in the complete preparation and negotiation of interim and final accounts and supervising clients' in-house surveying resources and leading negotiations.

Contractual Advice Has advised clients extensively on the contractual aspects of construction projects from tender to final account settlement and on the best procedures to adopt to prevent disputes arising and, where problems have arisen, the best actions for clients to take to protect their interests.

Claims Negotiation Extensive involvement in the preparation of claims and defences and conducting negotiations on behalf of clients has provided the experience with which to secure the best possible negotiated settlements.

Expert Witness Work Experienced in all stages of expert witness work including cross examination by QC on a whole range of issues including extensions of time, prolongation costs, disruption, acceleration, measurement, rates, loss and expense, increased costs, variations, preliminaries, PC and Prov. Sums, Interim Valuations, head office overheads, loss of contribution, subcontract costs, Winter working costs, interest/ financing charges, liquidated and ascertained damages. Trained and acted as single joint expert.

Adjudication Appointed by Adjudicator Nominating Bodies on more than 180 disputes under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. Also received party appointments. Experience includes adjudicating disputes involving from a few thousand to £11 million, tripartite, Joint Venture and international disputes. Advises adjudication parties and full conduct of adjudications on behalf of parties.

Arbitration First appointed as Arbitrator in 1992. Appointed in main contract and specialist trade disputes involving from £3,000 to £1 million plus.

Appointments as Advocate Experienced in representing clients at all stages of adjudication, arbitration and mediation.

Appointments as Independent Expert Experienced in providing determinations as expert and as co-independent expert.

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