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In this article, 4 New Square Chambers’ Douglas James considers the Supreme…
Douglas has a broad international commercial practice with a particular focus on commercial litigation, international arbitration, construction, insurance, professional liability and property damage.
Douglas prides himself on rolling his sleeves up quickly (as sole counsel or one of a team), providing clear and practical advice, and delivering forceful advocacy.
Douglas is an accredited mediator and trained adjudicator. He is qualified to assist direct access clients in appropriate cases.
Recent highlights of Douglas’s practice include:
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Douglas acts in all forms of construction dispute resolution, including adjudications and claims against construction professionals. He has wide experience of many standard contracts, including JCT, NEC, FIDIC, and IChemE forms.
Douglas has completed secondments to various major City firms. He was a contributing editor to Emden’s Construction Law: he wrote the chapters on misrepresentation, estoppel and frustration. Douglas is a co-editor of the Adjudication Society’s newsletter and on the Society’s London sub-committee. He has presented to the SCL on delay analysis and recently presented to a workshop in Dubai on the role of good faith in EPC contracts.
Douglas is a member of the SCL and TECBAR.
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Douglas’s current and recent instructions include:
Douglas has a growing international practice, acting for construction and other commercial entities in arbitrations under various institutional and ad-hoc rules. He recently presented to a workshop in Dubai on the role of good faith in EPC contracts.
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Current and recent arbitrations include:
Douglas’s practice covers commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation across various sectors and jurisdictions. His work involves contractual disputes and equitable claims of all shapes and sizes, including: breach of warranty claims; disputes about the sale of goods and supply of services; claims on bonds, guarantees and indemnities; shareholder, director, JV and partnership disputes; claims against agents and bailees; and claims with allegations of fraud, dishonesty and misfeasance. Many of his cases turn on questions of jurisdiction and conflict of laws, unjust enrichment, fiduciary duties, insolvency and conversion. Douglas has advised and acted in all manner of interlocutory applications for interim relief, including for interim and quia timet injunctive relief, security for costs, freezing orders, and pre-action and specific disclosure.
Douglas’s recent instructions include:
Douglas’s professional liability practice covers claims against professionals of all kinds, including solicitors, architects and designers, engineers, surveyors, financial advisors and brokers.
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Architects and engineers:
Solicitors:
Auditors, brokers and financial advisors:
Security and logistics:
Douglas acts for major insurers in claims involving damage by subsidence, fire/smoke, water, trees and environmental waste. He is regularly instructed in claims involving professional services providers, utilities companies and local authorities.
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Recent work includes:
Douglas acts regularly in insurance disputes (for insurers, insureds and intermediaries) on matters relating to all kinds of policies – particularly those relating to his other practice areas – including professional indemnity (PI), contractors all risks (CAR); property damage; public, products and employers’ liability and business interruption (BI).
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His recent instructions include:
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Douglas read History at UCL and came top of his year. He went on to write a PhD in Medical History. After turning to law, Douglas gained a Distinction in the GDL and was graded Outstanding in Bar finals; he had Hardwicke, Eastham, Lord Bowen and Lord Denning scholarships from Lincoln’s Inn.
In this article, 4 New Square Chambers’ Douglas James considers the Supreme…
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