John Wright

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Qualified: 
Arbitrator
Mediator
Specialist Areas: 
Construction
Contract
Education: 
St John's College, Cambridge (1970 - 1973)

BA 1973
MA 1977
Additional Experience: 
Relevant experience as third party neutral

Has sat as Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Dispute Board member or Mediator in the following matters:

  • Dispute regarding a concrete sub-contract in an office block development
  • Dispute between employer and main contractor relating to the refurbishment of a major shopping centre
  • Dispute between developer and contractor relating to a housing development
  • Sub-contract dispute in a civil engineering project
  • Multi-party dispute relating to alleged defects in an office development
  • Dispute between employer and contractor regarding an industrial plant in Africa
  • M&E sub-contract dispute in a large industrial development
  • Dispute between consultant and local authority employer relating to a large redevelopment project
  • Dispute between a consultant/contractor and employer relating to mobile telephone masts
  • Dispute between a firm of quantity surveyors and a former employee
  • Dispute between consultant and employer relating to a substantial engineering project
  • Multi-party dispute relating to water ingress in an office development
  • Dispute between employer and main contractor regarding civil engineering works at a waste to energy plant
  • Multi-party dispute regarding a flood at a university
  • Multi-party dispute relating to damage to seawall defences
  • Dispute between developer and tenant regarding additional costs incurred in a very substantial office development
  • Dispute between employer and contractor following the destruction by fire of a school
  • Dispute between a bank and customer relating to trading agreements in the Middle East
  • Dispute relating to construction defects in a school building
  • Multi-party dispute between employer, contractor, architect, services engineer and project manager relating to the construction of a large private residence
  • Dispute between a local authority and a waste management contractor relating to a landfill facility
  • Dispute between tenant and landlord of commercial premises relating to defects in heating/air conditioning equipment
  • Dispute between a housing association, contractor and architect relating to a housing development
  • Dispute between a contractor and a bank relating to defects in heating/air conditioning equipment
  • Dispute between a contractor and employer relating to the construction of a gas storage facility
  • Dispute between a housing association and architects relating to planning aspects of a substantial residential development
  • Dispute between a government department and engineers regarding a survey of contaminated land
  • Dispute between a developer and engineers relating to defects in a residential development
  • Dispute between a developer and a contractor regarding piling works
  • Dispute between a developer and a main contractor regarding defects and delay/expense claims arising from a mixed commercial/residential development
  • Dispute between a house owner and an insurance company relating to coverage issues following an escape of water
  • Disputes between a university and a PPP contractor regarding FM issues arising under the project agreement (three appointments)
  • Acting as Chair of an international tribunal dealing with disputes arising from the termination of a contractor’s employment under a power plant project in Asia
Career Details: 
  • 1976 - 1979   Solicitor - Coward Chance (now Clifford Chance LLP)
  • 1979 - 1983   Solicitor - McKenna & Co (now CMS Cameron McKenna)
  • 1984 - 1998   Partner and Head of Construction Department – Warner Cranston (now Reed Smith LLP)
  • 1999 - 2003   Partner - Berwin Leighton Paisner
  • 2003 - date    Partner - Lane & Partners LLP (now Bird & Bird LLP)
Memberships: 

Panel memberships

  • FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators
  • RICS Accredited Dispute Board Register
  • DBF Corporate Dispute Board Panel
  • TeCSA List of Adjudicators
  • Resolex Panel of Construction Mediators

Professional memberships and positions held

  • Chairman - Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Co Vice-Chair - International Construction Projects section of the International Bar Association
  • Chair - DBF Programme Committee
  • Freeman - Worshipful Company of Arbitrators
  • Member - Arbitration Club
  • Member - Adjudication Society
  • Member - Society of Construction Law
  • Member - Society of Construction Arbitrators
  • Member - Technology & Construction Solicitors’ Association
  • Member - Dispute Resolution Board Foundation