Construction & Engineering
Selected UK cases
- Acting for the management contractor in adjudication proceedings against a local authority employer in relation to a major heritage refurbishment project. JCT Management Contract.
- Acting for the employer in adjudication proceedings against a design and build contractor in relation to a major reuse and recycling centre. NEC 4 Contract.
- Sky & Mace v Riverstone (Comm Ct) [2025] EWHC 1720 (Comm) – acting for the policyholder in a complex and high value (£150m+) claim under a CAR policy for the cost of remedial works to Europe’s largest flat timber roof at Sky’s global headquarters in West London.
- Acting for the employer in adjudication proceedings against a contractor arising from the design and construction of a data centre. Bespoke contract.
- Acting for a specialist sub-contractor in a final account dispute in a CIMAR arbitration for refurbishment works to a landmark London hotel. JCT Intermediate Contract.
- Representing a UK government tenant in multi-party proceedings in the TCC against the developer and owner; acting in subsequent tripartite mediation. Bespoke contract.
- Representing a contractor in multi-party proceedings in the TCC under the Defective Premises Act. JCT Design & Build contract.
- Representing a specialist M&E sub-contractor in the TCC and Court of Appeal relating to the development and fit out of a court building. DOM/2 form of contract.
- Representing a specialist sub-contractor in a complex delay and disruption dispute in the TCC relating to the development of the Athletes’ Village for the London 2012 Olympics. JCT Intermediate Building Contract.
Selected International Cases
- Representing a contractor in multiple references before a Dispute Board on a water infrastructure project in Kosovo. FIDIC 2017 Red Book contract, Kosovan governing law.
- Representing an employer in multiple Dispute Board and ICC arbitration proceedings arising out of a number of road infrastructure projects. FIDIC 2010 Pink Book contract, Georgian governing law, Paris seat.
- Acting for a contractor in Dispute Board proceedings arising out of the construction of a 1.35 million m2 residential and commercial development in the Middle East including major infrastructure works. FIDIC 1999 Red Book contract, Middle Eastern governing law.
Selected Cases
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Events
- Rebecca Shorter to deliver the keynote speech at the SCL Dublin Conference on 27 November
- Rebecca Shorter to speak at the SCL France Conference on 14 November
Qualifications
Bars and Courts
- Barrister, Gray’s Inn, 2024
- Solicitor Advocate, England and Wales, 2023
- Paris Bar, 2021
- Solicitor, England and Wales, 2009
Education
- LPC, Bloomsbury College of Law, 2007
- LLB Law with French Law, University of Reading, 2004
- Diploma in French Legal Studies, Université X de Paris Nanterre, 2003
Memberships
Society of Construction Law (UK)
Publications
- “A Contractor’s Duty to Warn of Defects in Design: Common and Civil Law Approaches Compared”; joint paper with Professor Anthony Lavers, International Construction Law Review [2024] I.C.L.R. 195
- “Using dispute boards in international projects,” Building, 4 January 2021
- “Standard forms of contract: FIDIC vs NEC” Construction Law, 4 May 2020
- “Dispute boards’ use likely to grow” Construction Law, 1 November 2019
- “Getting your digital documents in order: The challenges for dispute resolution”, Construction News, 16 July 2019
- “Trends in international arbitration”, Construction Law, 2 August 2018
- “Computers take over the Courtroom”, Building, 11 July 2018
- “Dispute boards – modern approaches to dispute resolution in international projects,” Global Arbitration Review, 16 July 2013
- “Insolvency: When Is It Official?,” Building, 26 August 2011
- “Case Clarifies Contract Liabilities,” Construction News, 14 April 2011
- “Pure Economic Loss Re-Examined,” Property Law Journal 267, 2011
- “Amendments Assessed,” Property Law Journal 245, 2010
Recommendations
Global Elite Thought Leader (Lexology Index 2024)
“Rebecca Shorter is renowned for her “comprehensive approach to all parts of a dispute” and “deep understanding of critical path and delay analysis, as well as construction law”.
Who's Who Legal: Construction, 2022
“Rebecca is an exceptional lawyer who is highly intelligent, personable and commercially astute – she is a pleasure and inspiration to work with.”
Chambers & Partners – Construction: International Arbitration, 2022
Rebecca “has strong in-depth knowledge of construction.”
Legal 500 – Construction: Contentious, 2022
