Amanda John

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Construction & Engineering

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Expertise

Amanda’s practice covers the entire lifecycle of construction projects, with a broad base of clients that includes individuals and companies in sectors as diverse as retail and hospitality, pharmaceuticals, education, and transport. From conception, through the build, to post-completion aftercare, Amanda’s skill in negotiating pitfalls and disputes arising during the lifecycle of projects, along with her clear, pragmatic and commercially astute advice, helps her clients realise their ambitions safely and reliably.

As an established leader in construction & engineering disputes at both domestic and international levels, her expertise in adjudication, litigation/disputes strategy, drafting, negotiating, arbitration and mediation has been key to securing optimal outcomes for her clients. Where claims fall within larger business considerations, Amanda’s commercial sensitivity allows her to resolve clients’ disputes while also protecting their broader interests.

Amanda’s experience embraces not only commercial property and development projects, but also bespoke and artistic property. Her cultural work includes both disputes and advisory work on architectural statues, luxury goods, theatres, museums and a cathedral, combining Amanda’s business-honed drive and resourcefulness with her appreciation of lifestyle and the arts.

Amanda Advises

  • SME developers and contractors
  • Construction professionals
  • Landlords & Tenants
  • High net worth individuals
  • Technology companies
  • International retailers
  • Artists

Experience Highlights

  • Acting for a retirement village’s property owner across five sites in respect of latent defects, including fire stopping/compartmentation to advise on strategy and recovery of remedial costs.
  • Successful defence of an adjudication for a telecommunications company in respect of payment and purported walk-offs.
  • Successful defence of an adjudication for an educational charity in respect of an EOT.
  • Providing advice on a final account dispute for a developer against a contractor in administration.
  • Pre-disputes advice in respect of construction obligations at a new premises for a gym operator.
  • Acting as legal representative and advisor across several projects for a regional contractor to provide pre-disputes strategic advice and conduct adjudications.
  • Architect v Employer: acted for a firm of Architects in relation a fee dispute for additional works in the sum of approximately £100,000.
  • Acted for the Main Contractor in relation to a development sold to a housing association which has fire stopping defects, recovering losses suffered in remediating the defects from the sub-contractors.
  • Acted for a developer in relation to a call under a performance bond following the administration of the contractor. Settled through negotiation with the insurer paying out the entirety of the bond sum minus a nominal administration fee from the insurer.
  • Acted for an Architect and designer in a dispute over non-payment of fees and improper use of copyright in relation to a golf club, complicated by a related dispute between the golf club and local council.
  • Acted for a London Museum in relation to a dispute with their landlord over access rights during the conversion of the building and separately a dispute with their fit-out contractor over the Final Account and defective works.
  • Acted for a private individual in respect of a £5m claim against the professional team on her project. The build project was a luxury six bedroom, eight bathroom mansion with four car garage and one bedroom apartment on site, none of which was habitable. We secured a settlement out of court for our client.
  • Acted for landed gentry to defend a claim for unpaid works and counterclaim for defective works including faulty, and dangerous, chimney works, securing a successful outcome at mediation for our client.
  • Advised on the insolvency of a major, national furniture manufacturer and retailer for a creditor based in Vietnam, who was owed approximately USD$2.5m.
  • Acted for a renowned architectural designer in respect of a cross jurisdictional dispute over non-performance of a contract for a £1.5m staircase and breach of copyright for manufacturing imitation products. This matter involved UK arbitration and legal proceedings in the Italian courts with local assistance under the team’s direction and client instructions.
  • Acted for a private individual in respect of breach of contract and consumer regulations over a portrait she commissioned.

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • Senior Associate, Contentious Construction & Engineering, Browne Jacobson LLP, (2023 – 2024)
  • Associate, Construction & Engineering, Edwin Coe LLP, (2021 – 2022)
  • Associate, Construction & Engineering, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP, (2017 – 2021)
  • Trainee Solicitor, TWM Solicitors LLP, (2015 – 2017)

Memberships

  • Society of Construction Law
  • Solicitors’ Roll, England, and Wales

Education

  • The College of Law, LPC, (Commendation)
  • The College of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law (LLB)
  • University of Surrey, Classical Civilisations with Human Biosciences (BA(Hons))

Other

  • Downs Road Development LLP v Laxmanbhai Construction (UK) Limited [2021] EWHC 2441 (TCC)
  • Decipher Construction Conference 2025
  • Article in January 2022 edition of CIOB’s Construction Management magazine

Expertise

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Amanda’s practice covers the entire lifecycle of construction projects, with a broad base of clients that includes individuals and companies in sectors as diverse as retail and hospitality, pharmaceuticals, education, and transport. From conception, through the build, to post-completion aftercare, Amanda’s skill in negotiating pitfalls and disputes arising during the lifecycle of projects, along with her clear, pragmatic and commercially astute advice, helps her clients realise their ambitions safely and reliably.

As an established leader in construction & engineering disputes at both domestic and international levels, her expertise in adjudication, litigation/disputes strategy, drafting, negotiating, arbitration and mediation has been key to securing optimal outcomes for her clients. Where claims fall within larger business considerations, Amanda’s commercial sensitivity allows her to resolve clients’ disputes while also protecting their broader interests.

Amanda’s experience embraces not only commercial property and development projects, but also bespoke and artistic property. Her cultural work includes both disputes and advisory work on architectural statues, luxury goods, theatres, museums and a cathedral, combining Amanda’s business-honed drive and resourcefulness with her appreciation of lifestyle and the arts.

Amanda Advises

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  • SME developers and contractors
  • Construction professionals
  • Landlords & Tenants
  • High net worth individuals
  • Technology companies
  • International retailers
  • Artists

Experience Highlights

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  • Acting for a retirement village’s property owner across five sites in respect of latent defects, including fire stopping/compartmentation to advise on strategy and recovery of remedial costs.
  • Successful defence of an adjudication for a telecommunications company in respect of payment and purported walk-offs.
  • Successful defence of an adjudication for an educational charity in respect of an EOT.
  • Providing advice on a final account dispute for a developer against a contractor in administration.
  • Pre-disputes advice in respect of construction obligations at a new premises for a gym operator.
  • Acting as legal representative and advisor across several projects for a regional contractor to provide pre-disputes strategic advice and conduct adjudications.
  • Architect v Employer: acted for a firm of Architects in relation a fee dispute for additional works in the sum of approximately £100,000.
  • Acted for the Main Contractor in relation to a development sold to a housing association which has fire stopping defects, recovering losses suffered in remediating the defects from the sub-contractors.
  • Acted for a developer in relation to a call under a performance bond following the administration of the contractor. Settled through negotiation with the insurer paying out the entirety of the bond sum minus a nominal administration fee from the insurer.
  • Acted for an Architect and designer in a dispute over non-payment of fees and improper use of copyright in relation to a golf club, complicated by a related dispute between the golf club and local council.
  • Acted for a London Museum in relation to a dispute with their landlord over access rights during the conversion of the building and separately a dispute with their fit-out contractor over the Final Account and defective works.
  • Acted for a private individual in respect of a £5m claim against the professional team on her project. The build project was a luxury six bedroom, eight bathroom mansion with four car garage and one bedroom apartment on site, none of which was habitable. We secured a settlement out of court for our client.
  • Acted for landed gentry to defend a claim for unpaid works and counterclaim for defective works including faulty, and dangerous, chimney works, securing a successful outcome at mediation for our client.
  • Advised on the insolvency of a major, national furniture manufacturer and retailer for a creditor based in Vietnam, who was owed approximately USD$2.5m.
  • Acted for a renowned architectural designer in respect of a cross jurisdictional dispute over non-performance of a contract for a £1.5m staircase and breach of copyright for manufacturing imitation products. This matter involved UK arbitration and legal proceedings in the Italian courts with local assistance under the team’s direction and client instructions.
  • Acted for a private individual in respect of breach of contract and consumer regulations over a portrait she commissioned.

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • Senior Associate, Contentious Construction & Engineering, Browne Jacobson LLP, (2023 – 2024)
  • Associate, Construction & Engineering, Edwin Coe LLP, (2021 – 2022)
  • Associate, Construction & Engineering, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP, (2017 – 2021)
  • Trainee Solicitor, TWM Solicitors LLP, (2015 – 2017)

Memberships

  • Society of Construction Law
  • Solicitors’ Roll, England, and Wales

Education

  • The College of Law, LPC, (Commendation)
  • The College of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law (LLB)
  • University of Surrey, Classical Civilisations with Human Biosciences (BA(Hons))

Other

  • Downs Road Development LLP v Laxmanbhai Construction (UK) Limited [2021] EWHC 2441 (TCC)
  • Decipher Construction Conference 2025
  • Article in January 2022 edition of CIOB’s Construction Management magazine
Testimonials