Daniel has been practising law for over 18 years, and has spent the last 15 years specialising in construction and engineering disputes. He has experience of Technology and Construction litigation, domestic and international arbitration, statutory adjudication, and mediation in relation to a wide variety of projects including:
– oil and gas process facilities, including offshore FPSOs;
– combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT), biomass, and waste to energy (W2E) power stations, and associated facilities such as subsea electricity interconnectors;
– facilities ancillary to heavy industry, such as reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plants, and slurry transport systems;
– roads, highways, tunnels, and bridges;
– prime and super-prime London residential and mixed-use developments;
– hospitals, and universities; and
– airports.
Daniel obtained a first-class undergraduate degree in law – coming top of his year – and went on to obtain a postgraduate construction engineering degree at the University of Cambridge.
Alongside his work as Counsel, Daniel is a TECBAR-accredited Adjudicator, and sits as a fee-paid Judge in the Crown Court, both of which give him valuable perspective of how to ensure submissions are clear, effective and persuasive.
He is the author of Chapter 25 (Arbitration) in Emden’s Construction Law, and until 2023 also wrote the Construction Litigation chapter.
View full profile »Awards
- Mould Senior Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
- Robin Jacob Discretionary Award, Gray’s Inn
- Albion Richardson Award, Gray’s Inn
- Sweet & Maxwell Prize / Thomson Reuters Law Prize
- Michael Whincup Prize
- KJD / Freeths Prize
- Hudson Prize High Commendation
- Brooking Prize Commendation
Articles
- Arbitration Act 2025: coming into force on 1 August 2025
- Compulsory ADR in Construction Litigation: an update
Events
- The Bar Council Pupillage Fair 2024
- Daniel Shaw to lecture at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge
News
- Harry Vann and Daniel Shaw appointed as Recorders
- Anna Laney and Daniel Shaw to lecture at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge
Qualifications
- MSt Construction Engineering, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge (2013 – 2015)
- Bar Vocational Course, Very Competent, BPP Law School, London (2006 – 2007)
- LLB Law (First Class), University of Keele (2003 – 2006)
Memberships
- Society of Construction Law
- Technology & Construction Bar Association
