London

Job title: Partner

Telephone number: 020 7638 2811

Email Address: michael.salau@blm-law.com

Practice Areas: Construction Environment Insurance & re-insurance Professional negligence

Experience: Advises employers, major insurers, contractors, engineers and architects on construction law, practice and procedures encompassing arbitration, adjudication and mediation as well as litigation. Provides advice on non-contentious matters such as contract drafting, consultancy appointments and amendments to standard form contracts and collateral warranties. Specialist in wide range of environmental law issues for consultants, waste management companies and insurers. Notable cases include Co-Op vs Taylor Young Partnership and Others (House of Lords), Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital and Brompton Hospital (both House of Lords cases), Dean & Dyball Contractors vs Kenneth Grubb Associates and Amsterdam Properties vs Watermans, both reported adjudication cases. Chambers legal directory quotes his clients as saying that they are attracted by his ‘ability to give us peace of mind on the problem’ and that he has ‘pulled off some remarkable settlements for us’.

Memberships/Appointments: Society of Construction Law Technology and Construction Solicitors Association United Kingdom Environmental Law Association FOIL (Forum of Insurance Lawyers)