Construction

Jane is an Accredited Specialist in Construction Law by the Law Society of Scotland and has over 15 years’ experience in providing advice on all types of construction, infrastructure and engineering projects. She is dual qualified in Scotland and England & Wales.  Jane has extensive experience of advising clients on project-wide and strategic issues and acts for a mix of developers, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and funders. She is adept at managing very large and complex, multi-party, fast paced transactions dealing with the interests of a variety of stakeholders, coordinating teams and meeting tight deadlines. She advises on all types of standard form contract including JCT/ SBCC, NEC, IChemE and FIDIC on a range of projects for build contracts, EPC contracts, consultant appointments and facilities management contracts. Jane is highly regarded among peers, clients and across the industry as a very astute and commercial lawyer. She has advised on a number of high value projects of national significance over the years such as the Redevelopment of the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, the V&A at Dundee and the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.

Dual-qualified in Scotland and England, Kirsti is a construction dispute resolution lawyer with 24 years' PQE. She is Head of our Edinburgh office.   Kirsti deals with multi-million-pound construction disputes arising out of the transport sector (rail and roads), energy-related projects (rig construction and refurbishment, offshore decommissioning and renewables) as well as regularly advising and representing parties in PFI/PPP projects (schools, hospitals, prisons and roads) throughout the UK. Key clients include Bouygues E&S Solutions Limited, Taylor Wimpey, Jacobs, Capita and Network Rail. Kirsti has an LLM (with Distinction) in Construction Law. She has extensive experience of all forms of dispute resolution including court proceedings, arbitration, adjudication and mediation. She is a Member of the Society of Construction Law and the Scottish Arbitration Centre and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Kirsti was the Chair of Oil and Gas UK's Decommissioning Working Group, which drafted the first LOGIC standard form decommissioning contract for the North Sea oil industry. She lectures on decommissioning at Aberdeen University.

Manus is a partner in the contentious construction team and has been with Brodies since 2006. He has extensive experience in resolving construction disputes utilising the formal processes of litigation, arbitration or adjudication, or through alternative dispute resolution, particularly mediation. Manus first qualified as a solicitor in Bristol before moving to Scotland, and still represents clients in disputes across the UK. Over the years Manus has been involved in resolving disputes relating to many of the major infrastructure projects in Scotland. He is also an expert in insurance law and has managed many large professional indemnity claims, including the successful defence of a £52M claim relating to alleged defective design. Clients commend Manus for his ability to quickly grasp complex legal and technical issues in projects and communicate his advice on merits and strategy in a way that can be understood by clients.

Director & Head of Construction