Hanscomb Intercontinental director, Sean Gibbs, presented a paper to the SCL CIARB India Conference in December 2019, 'How to become an expert in construction dispute resolution ?'

1. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CONSTRUCTION & ARBITRATION LAW
DELHI DECEMBER 2019

4. Sean Sullivan Gibbs
Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Adjudicator, Arbitrator, Dispute Board Member,
Quantum Expert, Advocate and Party Representative
• Director Hanscomb Intercontinental Ltd
• Called to the Bar of England by the Middle Temple July 2017
• Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors
• Associate Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Cardiff University Bond Solon accredited expert witness

5. How to become an expert in
construction dispute
resolution?

6. GENDER, RACE, NATIONALITY, RELIGION
play no part in becoming an expert in
construction dispute resolution

7. How to become an expert in construction
dispute resolution?
TRAINING / QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE

8. TRAINING / QUALIFICATIONS
• Primary profession
• Engineer, Architect, Quantity Surveyor,
Solicitor / Barrister (Lawyer)
• Secondary profession
• Expert witness, arbitrator, adjudicator,
lawyer

9. TRAINING / QUALIFICATIONS
• Primary
• BSc, LLB
• Secondary
• LLM, Post Graduate Diploma Arb/Adj
• FCIARB, FRICS, FICE

10. EXPERIENCE
• Multi sector

11. EXPERIENCE
• Multiple Contract forms
EPC / EPCM /BOOT / TURNKEY / PPP / PFI

12. EXPERIENCE
• Multiple Jurisdictions
• Civil Law / Common Law / Sharia

13. EXPERIENCE
• Multiple Types of Dispute with experience of
• Quantum
• Delay
• Technical
• Contractual
• Legal

14. EXPERIENCE
• Experience in forms of dispute resolution
• Negotiation / Mediation / Conciliation
• Adjudication / Dispute Boards
• Expert Determination
• Arbitration
• Litigation

15. EXPERIENCE
• Actively involved with professional bodies
• Speaking / lecturing / supporting /training

16. EXPERIENCE
• Most experts tend to be older !!!!
• 10 years primary professional experience
• 15 years in disputes / claims
• Common to find experts 40 years plus