David Gwillim

• Acted for a design and build contractor of a 150-bedroom hotel in Shoreditch in respect of four adjudications and associated enforcement proceedings in the TCC.
• Acted for a UK port defending claims brought by a contractor arising from the construction of a revetment wall.
• Acted on the development of Heckfield Place into a luxury hotel. Construction work started in 2009 with completion in 2019. Five adjudications.
• Acted for a dredging contractor on Triton Knoll windfarm.
• Acted for the supplier of fuel to a major UK airport in two adjudications in relation to defects and delay.
• Acted for a major UK port on a BIMCO contract for the removal of two block ships.

• Defended a major UK port and harbour in respect of numerous claims arising out of piles driven offshore, including High Court application seeking to overturn the Award.
• Advised on Europe’s largest liquid natural gas import terminal at South Hook near Milford Haven.
• Advised on the Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island, Australia.
• Acted for a major German civil engineering contractor in an ICC arbitration in Paris concerning an irrigation project in Libya.
• Acted for a contractor against an insolvent developer of a Tesco superstore. Successful recovery.

• Acted for a dredging contractor in TCC proceedings in relation to claims arising out of a capital dredging project in La Guairá, Venezuela.
• Acted for a contractor against London Underground in relation to station refurbishment projects including Heathrow.
• Acted for a ‘client’ under the CDM Regulations in a HSE prosecution of multiple alleged breaches on two sites with a starting-point fine of £960,000 for each site.
• Advised a dredging contractor on a capital project at the Port of Ardersier for the assembly of offshore wind turbines.
• Proceedings in the Upper Tribunal on behalf of a social housing provider against a developer of a landmark building in Ashford in respect of defective fire stopping to 50 apartments.
• Proceedings in the Upper Tribunal on behalf of a social housing provider against a developer of a landmark building in Ashford in respect of defective fire stopping to 50 apartments.
• Acted for a UK dredging contractor in connection with an intended prosecution by DEFRA in relation to alleged breaches of the Food and Environmental Protection Act.

MTD Contractors Ltd v Willow Corp Sàrl [2019] EWHC 1612 (TCC)

Willow Corp. S.À.R.L. v MTD Contractors Ltd [2019] EWHC 1591 (TCC)

Herbosch-Kiere Marine Contractors Limited v Dover Harbour Board [2012] EWHC 84 (TCC)

Vranicki v Architects Registration Board [2007] EWHC 506 (Admin); [2007] All ER (D) 288

Investments Limited v Development Ventures Limited & Others [2005] BLR 478 and [2006] EWHC 1586 (TCC): (Default Judgment and Action on an Account)

Yarm Road Limited v Costain Plc [2001] 01-228 TCC: (Novation Agreement within s104 HGCR Act 1996)

Floods of Queensferry Ltd v Morrison Shand & Others [1997] 54 ConLR 138

R v Chester & North Wales Legal Aid Board (Ex parte Floods of Queensferry Limited) LTL 19/12/97: (Assignment under the FCEC Blue Form and Grant of Legal Aid to a Limited Company)

Fairclough Building Ltd v Vale of Belvoir Superstore Ltd (1992) 56 BLR 74

Westminster City Council v Clifford Culpin & Partners (1987) Con LR 117

John Laing Construction Ltd v County and District Properties Ltd (1983) 23 BLR 1