Karen Gough

Karen practises mainly in the fields of building and engineering contract disputes and professional negligence claims, specialising in construction, or construction related disputes. She has experience of most standard forms of building and engineering contracts. She has represented a wide range of clients in practice including contractors, sub-contractors, governments, government agencies, local authorities, educational institutions and major commercial organisations. Her work has included disputes concerning private domestic developments, major public works, water, sewage and power plants, hospitals, prisons, nuclear facilities, roads, sea wall defences, railway stations and infrastructure, shopping centres, factories, residential and general commercial developments. She has extensive experience of litigation and arbitration, both as counsel and as arbitrator, as well as experience with a number of different domestic and international ADR processes. In domestic arbitration she has experience with most domestic forms of arbitration rules and procedures. She also has extensive experience of international commercial arbitration, dealing in particular with substantial construction disputes, especially under the FIDIC conditions of contract. She was President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators from 2001-02. Karen is also an accredited TECBAR and CEDR adjudicator and has undertaken a number of adjudications.

Recommendations

Karen is recommended in the Construction section of Chambers & Partners 2010 and for Commercial Arbitration in Legal 500 2009

Quotes

"seems to thrive on pressure and tight deadlines; she never loses sight of strategic or tactical considerations and her courtroom presence is strong and authoritative." Chambers & Partners 2010
"thrives on pressure and tight deadlines" Legal 500 2009
"continues to attract high praise from those who use her services. Experienced in leading in major litigation and arbitrations..." Chambers & Partners 2009
"An extremely proactive advocate in arbitrations" Chambers & Partners 2008

Appointments

ICAEW Lay member Insolvency Licensing Committee: 2008
CEDR"Super Adjudicator" Panel: 2008
Committee Member of South Eastern Circuit of the Bar: 2005-date
Secretary to the Sole Practitioners' Group: 2005-date
Panel Arbitrator/Adjudicator CIArb. London Housing Panel
Committee Member TECBAR: 2004-date
President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: 2001-2002
Chairman of the Executive Board of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: 1997-2000
Member of the Executive Board of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: 1995-1997
Former Chairman of the Professional Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: 1995-1997
Vice Chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: 1994-1995
Member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: 1992-2003

Significant Cases

Pilon Ltd V Breyer Group Plc , 23 April 2010, [2010] EWHC 837 (TCC)
Brine Builders Limited v Wicketts & Sterndale, 20 November 2007, [2007]
RC Pillar and Son v The Camber, 15 March 2007, [2007] EWHC TCC 1626
Brian Maggs (t/a BM Builders) v Guy Marsh (CA), 7 July 2006, Lawtel 7 July 2006
Trevor Wicketts & Patricia Sterndale v Brine Builders Ltd and HC Siederer (QBD), 8 June 2001, [2002] CILL 1805
Lindner Ceilings Floors Partitions plc v How Engineering Services Limited: How Engineering Services Limited v Lindner Ceilings Floors Partitions plc (QBD), 28 November 2000, [2001] BLR 90; [1999] CILL 1521

Publications

Construction Contracts: Law and Practice 2nd Edition (Contributor) OUP 2010
Bernstein's Handbook of Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice 4th Edition Sweet & Maxwell 30 October 2003

Articles

The Proper Basis of Assessment of Compensation Events under NEC3
Arbitration vs Other Forms of Dispute Resolution - Which Horse For Which Course?
Judicial Supervision and Support for Arbitration and ADR (September 2006, Karen Gough)
The New TCC Guide - ADR, Adjudication, Arbitration and the New TCC Mediation Initiative (May 2006, Karen Gough)
Recent Cases in Arbitration (February 2005, Karen Gough)