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Shona Frame specialises in construction dispute resolution. She has dual accreditation by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in construction law and in arbitration law. She is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Shona is experienced in all forms of construction dispute resolution acting for contractor and developer parties and as legal adviser to arbitrators and adjudicators.

She has worked extensively with PFI/PPP contracts for authorities, project companies and supply chain parties, particularly water/sewage treatment, schools and hospitals.

Shona has been a member of the Scottish Building Contract Drafting Committee (responsible for SBCC standard form building contracts) since 2004. She is the SBCC representative on JCT’s BIM Working Group. She is a member of the Law Society of Scotland Construction Law Committee.

Shona regularly contributes articles to Construction journals, speaks to industry bodies on construction related topics, was a contributor to MacRoberts’ book on Scottish Building Contracts (1st & 2nd editions) and contributor and joint Editor of the 3rd edition, renamed as MacRoberts on Scottish Construction Contracts.

She is a CEDR Accredited Mediator and CEDR Neutral. She participated as a Mediator in a Mediation Pilot scheme for Sheriff Court disputes and acts as Arbitrator for ABTA Arbitrations.

Chambers & Partners 2014 Ranked Individual (Construction). The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers. Fellow of Associate of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) Member of SBCC Committee, SBCC Drafting Sub-Committee and SBCC representative on JCT BIM Working Group Member of Society of Construction Law CEDR Accredited Mediator Member of International Construction Projects Committee of the IBA; Co-Vice Chair of Project Execution Sub Committee 2013 – 2015; Co-Chair of Project Execution Sub Committee 2015 - 2017 Contributor to 1st & 2nd Editions of MacRoberts on Scottish Building Contracts, contributor and co-editor of 3rd edition (MacRoberts on Scottish Construction Contracts). CEDR Neutral on ABTA Arbitration Panel (acting as arbitrator in relation to consumer disputes through ABTA scheme run by CEDR)

2015 – FCIArb, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1995 - NP 1992 – DipLP, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh 1991 - LLB (Hons), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh