Ian Pennicott was called to the Bar in 1982 and has been a practising barrister in Keating Chambers since 1989. Between 1984 and 1989, he practised at the Bar in Hong Kong. He is still a member of the Hong Kong Bar with full rights of audience.
His practice covers a broad spectrum of advisory; drafting and advocacy work in construction and engineering, as well as professional negligence claims involving architects, engineers, surveyors and valuers. Ian Pennicott also advises in alternative dispute resolution, and is active in adjudication (as advisor, advocate and adjudicator) and arbitrations (as advocate and arbitrator). He is experienced in off-shore oil and gas and railway cases, has acted in local authority, environmental and regulatory work, and has recent experience in shipbuilding contracts.
Recently, he has been involved in arbitrations relating to a large manufacturing facility in Indonesia, a power station in Pakistan, a water-pipe line on Ascension Island a fast ferry vessel. In Hong Kong he has been (and still is) involved in a number of substantial building and engineering disputes.
Recommendations
Construction
“A charming performer,”
Chambers & Partners 2008
Recommended for international arbitration
Chambers & Partners Asia 2008
"...the high esteem in which he is held by clients."
Chambers & Partners 2007
"Hardworking and very approachable”
Chambers & Partners 2006
“...unstuffy and informal...”
“...trusted performer...”
Chambers & Partners 2005
Examples of recent work
Construction & Engineering
- Representing an employer in a substantial ‘short piling’ dispute in Hong Kong.
- Acting for a University in relation to contracts concerning extensive new student accommodation.
- Advising a local authority in relation to its term maintenance contracts.
- Acting for the Hong Kong Housing Authority in the Hong Kong Courts in relation to claims arising from the construction of nine commercial / residential tower blocks.
- Acting for the main contractor in arbitration proceedings arising from a project to construct a major new residential appartment block in Central London.
- Representing a ferry operator in a dispute with a shipbuilder concerning defects in a passenger carrying vessel.
- Representing a well-known broadcaster in a dispute concerning a water-pipe line supply installation in the mid-Atlantic.
- Representing a contractor in a dispute with insurance brokers and engineers following the partial subsidence of an industrial building.
- Acting as an adjudicator in disputes concerning water treatment facilities.
- Acted for the main contractor in arbitration proceedings relating to disputes arising from the development of Addis Ababa international airport.
Energy
- Advising in relation to an open cast mining dispute.
- Advising the employer on Bond issues relating to upgrade works at a nuclear power station.
- Acted for a major US Corporation defending claims in the English Courts (Technology and Construction Courts) concerning alledged breaches of contract relating to the construction of a natural gas liquification plant in Africa.
- Advised the employer on contractual issues arising from a pipeline expansion project in the Far East.
Publications
- Contributor, Keating on Construction Contracts - Eighth Edition (2006).
- Editorial team, Keating on Building Contracts (5th, 6th and 7th editions) and First Supplement to the 7th Edition (2003).
- Joint Editor Halsbury’s Laws of England, Volume 4(3) Building Contracts.
Ian Pennicott has lectured to various firms of solicitors and others, most recently conducting seminars on "strike out" applications under Part 24 of the Civil Procedure Rules, the Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol and global claims.
Professional CV
BA in Law, Kingston Polytechnic
Ll.M., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Called to the Bar (Middle Temple)
Called to the Hong Kong Bar
Practised at Hong Kong Bar
Keating Chambers
Queen’s Counsel
TECBAR Accredited Adjudicator
Public Access Training | 1980
1981
1982
1984
1984-89
1989
2003
2003
2004 |
Membership
Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR)
Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Other Information
Ian is a keen golf player and supporter of Southampton Football Club.
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