Dr John Hughes

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TAE Accreditations

  • Expert Witness

Qualifications

  • Member of the Society of Construction Law
  • Quantity Surveying BSc (Distinction) (1993)
  • European Law LLM (1994)
  • Construction Law LLM (2008)
  • Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Fellow FRICS (2015)
  • Research PG Cert RPD (2019)
  • In Law thesis "Global Claims in Construction and Engineering Projects" University of Strathclyde L Phd (2019)
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow FCIArb (2020)
  • Member of The Academy of Experts MAE (2021)

Expert Witness Snapshot

Dr John Hughes is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Quantum Expert with significant experience in commercial and contractual management covering buildings, infrastructure, industrial, renewable and process sectors. In recent years, he has specialised in leading teams who provide expert quantum advice/opinion, claims management and various strategic support services in all forms of dispute resolution. Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
John has worked in private practice, main contracting and construction claims fields within a wide range of high-profile projects.
He has an in-depth working knowledge of drafting, applying and advising on various forms of contract including FIDIC, ICE, NEC, JCT/SBCC, bespoke contracts and joint venture agreements. John has also lectured post graduate civil engineering students on the various forms of the New Engineering Contract (NEC) and regularly hosts training seminars for senior construction professionals on contract and claims management.
His project experience includes highways, rail systems, airports, office redevelopments, offshore windfarms, ports, oil and gas, coal and nuclear processing projects.

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