Daniel Shaw

Construction & Engineering

In addition to his international arbitration work, Daniel is regularly instructed to advise, draft pre-action correspondence, draft pleadings, and represent parties involved in domestic construction, engineering, and general commercial litigation.

Examples of Daniel’s recent domestic instructions include:

– a £50m insurance dispute between a main contractor and an insurer concerning the construction of a hospital in the north of England. Daniel acted for the main contractor, led by Isabel Hitching KC. The case was bound for arbitration, but settled following a mediation in 2025;

– acting as sole counsel in a multi-million pound High Court (TCC) dispute between a sub-contractor and a main contractor concerning the design and installation of a fire alarm system at a large hospital in London. Daniel acted for the main contractor, instructed by Clyde & Co as sole counsel;

– acting as sole counsel in relation to numerous adjudication enforcement decisions, in the High Court (TCC), including in cases involving novel and unusual situations such as:

a party seeking an injunction restraining a sub-contractor from continuing to pursue adjudication proceedings on the grounds of abuse of process following a previous strike-out by the County Court (see Marbank Construction Ltd v G & D Brickwork Contractors Ltd [2021] EWHC 1985 (TCC)); and

a pursuing a subsequent Part 8 claim for a declaration that it would be an abuse of process to enforce the Adjudicator’s award (see G & D Brickwork Contractors Ltd v Marbank Construction Ltd [2021] EWCH 3009 (TCC));

– acting as sole counsel in a dispute between a Hollywood film producer and a main contractor (which entered into liquidation part-way through the proceedings) concerning the renovation of a large house in Notting Hill, London. Daniel was instructed for the employer. The dispute settled following a mediation in 2021;

– a long-running dispute between a main contractor and an Architect concerning the defective design of conical warm zinc roof at a meditation centre in England. Daniel is instructed as sole counsel for the main contractor;

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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

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