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Power and Utilities

Keating Chambers has long been regarded by power and utilities clients worldwide as a leader in the provision of advice, litigation and arbitration representation, and dispute resolution services. 

The size and complexity of many power and utilities projects, and of the disputes arising from them, demand the highest calibre of legal advice and representation, as well as  arbitrators or mediators who can command the confidence of the parties.

The huge variety of disputes that arise from such projects means that it is important to us that we offer our clients a flexible, bespoke service. A client may want top-level assistance at very short notice, or access to a lawyer with a particular specialism. Chambers prides itself on providing legal services tailored specifically to the individual project or dispute.

Our continuing reputation for excellence means that our members are always in demand, either as counsel or as arbitrators, from all sides of the industry, all over the world.

Instructions As Counsel

  • instruction in a High Court action relating to the installation of water treatment plants in Wales

  • acting for defendant contractors in a High Court action relating to reservoir failure

  • instruction in a trial relating to defects in a power station, including Environmental Protection Act matters and HSRG and cooling tower design issues.

  • acting for the mining contractors in an arbitration relating to payment rates for opencast mining operations

  • dispute concerning the fabrication of oil-rig platforms to be erected in the South China Sea

  • advising and advocacy in a claim by a UK utility company against the Egyptian government (under Egyptian law)

  • dispute involving an international Joint Venture relating to a sewage disposal facility in Hong Kong.

Appointment As Arbitrator / Tribunal Member

  • appointment as arbitrator in two substantial sewage schemes in Hong Kong

  • acting as sole arbitrator in a dispute concerning the interpretation of a contract for the construction of a waste disposal plant

  • arbitrator in relation to an oil pipeline in Nigeria

  • an ICC arbitration appointment in a power station dispute

  • arbitrator in a power station construction contract

  • arbitrator on liabilities arising out of an opencast coal mining contract

  • acting as Chairman of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Yorkshire Water (1996)

Further Information
For further information on how our members can assist you, please contact the Senior Clerks, John Munton and Nick Child, in the first instance, on +44(0)20 7544 2600. They and their teams of Clerks will be pleased to advise you on the member of Keating Chambers appropriate to your requirements.