Mair Coombes Davies

Mair specialises in dispute resolution. She has conducted many hundreds of separate arbitrations, adjudications and mediations. Her main area of practice is the built environment. She is dual qualified as an architect and barrister. After receiving degrees in architecture, including a PhD in construction law, Mair Coombes Davies practiced as a barrister specialising in the built environment. Her experience includes the resolution of disputes involving all aspects of the built environment from construction, planning and land disputes to commercial and consumer disputes. Mair is an appointed arbitrator of the Welsh Assembly Government and the office of the Deputy Prime Minister. In addition to being a practicing arbitrator, barrister, adjudicator and mediator she has lead and sat on specialist committees on the development and future of dispute resolution for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the General Council of the Bar and the Royal Institute of British Architects. She has lectured widely and is the author of several publications on dispute resolution including the ‘RIBA Good Practice Guide: Arbitration’ and the ‘RIBA Good Practice Guide: Adjudication’. She represents the UK on dispute resolution at the Architects Council of Europe, Brussels. Mair is also a member of the commercial, Chancery and consumer group and public planning and regulatory group in Civitas Law, offering significant strength and depth in areas, recently including: building, construction and engineering contracts; companies and partnerships, commercial and consumer; landlord and tenant; property and land; dispute resolution: arbitration, adjudication and mediation.

Dual qualified barrister architect. Sits as adjudicator, arbitrator, mediator. B.Sc.(First), B.Arch.(Distinction), Ph.D. (law). RIBA, F.C.I.Arb.