Robert specialises in NEC contracts, both setting these up and successfully managing them. He has 40 years’ experience in contract management and carries out training and consultancy around the world. Robert is based in Hong Kong and works as a Senior NEC Consultant for Thomas Telford Limited.
He is an examiner for the Institution of Civil Engineers Certificate in Law and Contract Management course and has also held the position of NEC Users’ Group Secretary from 2006 to date. Robert was an NEC4 Contract Drafter, part of the NEC3 contracts working group and an Accredited NEC4 ECC Project Manager.
Robert is also an Accredited Mediator through the London School of Mediation, registered through the UK Civil Mediation Council and is a member on mediation panels in UK, Hong Kong and New Zealand. He is currently studying an online Master in Laws (LL.M.) degree programme in Mediation and International Commercial Dispute Resolution at Newcastle University, UK.
Robert is also the Dispute Resolution Adviser, Honorary Advisor to the Hong Kong Adjudication Centre, and Senior Certified Adjudicator at the International Dispute Resolution & Risk Management Institute.
Robert’s publications include NEC3 and NEC4 Compared (2017), NEC2 and NEC3 Compared (2005), joint author in NEC4 Avoiding and Resolving Disputes (2019), NEC4 Practical Solutions (2017) and NEC3 Practical Solutions (2015).
