TAE Accreditations
- Expert Witness
Mr Michael Tonkin
Quantity Surveyor
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, University of Glamorgan BSc Quantity Surveying (1998)
- Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors MRICS (1999)
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators MCIArb (2003)
- College of Estate Management Diploma in Arbitration (2004)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator (2007)
- Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors FRICS (2008)
- Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building FCIOB (2010)
- Dispute Board Federation Fellow (2010)
- Member of The Academy of Experts MAE (2010)
- Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate (2013)
- CEDR Accredited Mediator (2016)
Expert Witness Snapshot
Michael Tonkin BSc PGDipArb FRICS FCIArb FCIOB FDBF MAE CArb is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Arbitrator, CEDR Accredited Mediator, RICS Accredited Expert Witness and testifying Expert Witness in quantum with 30 years of experience in the construction industry. He leads HKA’s Expert Services practice for the Middle East, Asia & Africa.Michael has provided commercial advice to a variety of clients on a wide range of projects including residential, commercial, hotels, schools, MEP, wastewater treatment works, pipe laying, water, power plant, civils, building, leisure, oil & gas, regeneration, major sports venues, roads and highways.
He acts as an expert witness in quantum (testified 10 times) and has been instructed more than twenty-five times as a party appointed Expert Witness, a single joint Expert Witness and a Third Party Expert Evaluator on disputes up to US$4bn in value. He has given oral testimony in traditional cross-examination as well as concurrent evidence/hot-tubbing. Michael often acts as “Coordinating Expert” across several disciplines of expert. He is named in Who’s Who Legal (WWL) Construction: Expert Witnesses 2019, WWL: Thought Leaders – Construction 2019, and WWL: Global Leader – Construction Expert Witness 2020.
Michael has been appointed as Arbitrator on more than 60 occasions (as sole Arbitrator, Chairman of a tribunal of three, and Co-Arbitrator) under the auspices of ICC, LCIA, DIAC, ADCCAC and the TAI. He is a listed panel member for the following arbitral institutions: DIAC, LCIA, ADCCAC, QICCA, CIArb, RICS President’s Panel, HKIAC, SIAC, KCAB, KLRCA, EMAC and TAI.
He also acts as dispute resolver in other ADR such as adjudication and DAB’s and is a member of the DRBF. Michael is an “Arbitrator” Member of the Society of Construction Arbitrators. Michael is a former Trustee and Honorary Treasurer of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as well as a past Chairman and past Vice Chairman of the UAE Branch.