Kevin Harnett

Kevin’s construction dispute resolution work includes advising and representing:

• Contractors in the negotiation of construction contracts and ancillary documents for large-scale developments, including apartment complexes, data centres, pharmaceutical and computer chip plants.
• A materials supplier in one of the largest ever product liability/building defects claims before the Commercial Court.
• Contractors in the pursuit, and defence, of claims in statutory adjudications in Ireland and in the UK.
• A financial institution in the defence of a claim on a performance bond.
• The contractor on a dispute arising from a motorway PPP project.
• A joint venture participant in a dispute with its joint venture partner in a water utilities project.
• A US bank in respect of the fit-out of its Irish headquarters, including delay issues arising from contractor insolvency.
• Developers, insolvency practitioners and contractors in defects claims at apartment and commercial developments.
• A contractor in conciliation arising from a supermarket development for a German retailer.
• Clients in various disputes under the RIAI, PWC, FIDIC and JCT forms of contract, involving university campuses, housing developments, water projects, hotels, retail and commercial developments and airports.
• Clients on contractual issues (delays and cost overruns) arising in connection with legislative changes emanating from the pandemic, and market inflation and disruption.
• Clients on regulatory issues, including health and safety, building control and certification of works.