International Arbitration
Examples of Daniel’s recent significant international arbitration work include:
- Ad hoc arbitration – bespoke form – Middle East seat – Middle East substantive law – various claims valued at over £100m brought by a consultant against an employer, concerning 11 contract packages on a major infrastructure project, culminating in a 5 day preliminary issues hearing in 2021, and a further 45 days of evidential hearings in 2022.
- Ad hoc arbitration – bespoke form – Middle East seat – Middle East substantive law – claims valued at over £90m brought by a package contractor against an employer, concerning an eight-lane motorway, culminating in a 13-day evidential hearing in 2022.
- ICC arbitration – FIDIC Red – London seat – Middle East law – a claim for an extension of time and for more than £85m in damages brought by a subcontractor against a main contractor, concerning oil and gas facilities in the Middle East.
- DIA arbitration – bespoke form – Danish seat – Danish law – a claim for £50m in damages brought by a main contractor against an employer, concerning the design and construction of several new biomass and W2E power stations in Europe, in preparation for 17-day evidential hearing in 2021.
- Ad hoc arbitration – bespoke form – London seat – English substantive law – advising in relation to insurance claims concerning defective pipework repair costs in a large public building in the UK.
- ICC arbitration – FIDIC Yellow – Middle East seat – Middle East substantive law – professional negligence claims for approximately £475m brought by a main contractor against an employer, culminating in a 10-day evidential hearing in 2015, a 24-day evidential hearing in 2016 and a 15-day evidential hearing in 2017.
- Ad hoc arbitration – bespoke form – Middle East seat – English substantive law – advising in relation to a shareholder dispute worth approximately £15m between a Middle Eastern PMCC and its North American shareholder.
- UNCITRAL arbitration – FIDIC Red – English seat – English law – a claim for approximately £10m relating to fraudulent misrepresentation of pre-FEED and FEED services provided by North American consultancy to North African employer, culminating in an 8-day evidential hearing.
- ICC arbitration – FIDIC Red – Middle East seat – Middle East substantive law – advising in respect of claims for approximately £1.5bn worth of defects arising out of construction of new university in the Middle East.
- ICC arbitration – bespoke form – Middle East seat – English substantive law – advising in relation to the termination of a 25-year BOOT contract between a joint venture employer and Middle Eastern contractor following an explosion at a process plant in the Middle East.
Selected Cases
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 (now known as the Thomson Reuters Law Prize) awarded to the highest achieving final year law student, University of Keele
- Michael Whincup Prize, awarded to the highest achieving second year law student, University of Keele
- KJD (now Freeths) Prize for Highest Contract Law Mark, University of Keele
- Hudson Prize High Commendation, Society of Construction Law
- Brooking Prize Commendation, Society of Construction Law Australia
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
Articles
- The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 and its Impact on the Construction Industry
- Adjudication during the Covid-19 restrictions: an option for disputes during lockdown?
Events
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
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Constructors
- Society of Construction Law
- Society of Construction Law Australia
- Technology & Construction Bar Association
