Lars Gladhaug

• Appeared as sole counsel for a main contractor to resist an application for specific disclosure in the High Court (TCC).

• Instructed to appear at trial for the claimant telecoms provider in a breach of contract dispute in the Birmingham County Court.

• Advised a major telecoms provider in a dispute with a highways authority in relation to redevelopment works at a major Central London arterial road.

• Drafted the Defence for a housebuilder in a High Court (TCC) claim relating to a new-build house warranty.

• Drafted the Defence for an architect in a High Court (TCC) claim relating to subsidence at a residential development.

• Drafted Particulars of Claim on behalf of the claimant contractor in a dispute concerning non-payment for varied works.

• Advised and drafted Particulars of Claim on behalf of the claimant homeowners in a dispute concerning defective works and the contractor’s failure to remove equipment following termination of contract.

• Drafted Particulars of Claim on behalf of the claimant contractor in a dispute relating to sums owed on a re-valuation of renovation works.

• Drafted the Defence and Counterclaim for a national housebuilder in a dispute concerning defective sub-contracted electrical and plumbing works.
• Advised a trade union on the settlement of multi-party disputes concerning defective renovation works at its national headquarters.
• Advised a main contractor in a dispute concerning defectively installed balconies and rainwater ingress at a residential development under a new-build property warranty.
• Drafted Particulars of Claim for a homeowner in a dispute relating to the collapse of a kitchen extension.
• Drafted Particulars of Claim for a main contractor in a dispute relating to non-payment for turfing works at a football club.
• Advised a stonework contractor in relation to a dispute concerning the disputed provenance of marble tiling for a luxury residential development.

Lars has recent experience of end-of-term PFI disputes, having been instructed as part of the counsel team led by Piers Stansfield KC in a multi-million-pound adjudication arising from a PFI contract in the healthcare sector.

With previous in-house experience, Lars handles a variety of commercial matters. He has recently:

• Advised a joint venture in a high-value dispute concerning the provision of maintenance services for public sector housing.
• Acted as sole counsel for a developer in proceedings arising from disputed energy consumption charges at a shopping centre.
• Acted for a main contractor in an adjudication concerning project delays caused by late installation of electricity cables by a statutory undertaker.

Lars is also frequently instructed on insolvency matters, appearing in court regularly in applications for injunctions to restrain winding-up petitions, and is currently acting for a main contractor in a retention of title dispute between an employer and an M&E supplier concerning mechanical plant delivered to a sub-contractor in liquidation.

• Instructed as junior counsel to Simon Hughes KC in a £400m ICC arbitration concerning waste management infrastructure in Qatar.
• Assisted on a high-value arbitration under LCIA rules.

Lars regularly acts as counsel in adjudications as well as in adjudication enforcement proceedings, including recently:

• appearing as sole counsel for an electrical sub-contractor in the High Court (TCC), successfully seeking enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision against a developer in a dispute concerning works at a private members’ club and gym.
• appearing as sole counsel for a sub-contractor in the County Court at Central London (TCC), successfully seeking enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision.
• acting as sole counsel for the main contractor in an adjudication concerning the delivery and installation of mechanical plant at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
• acting as junior counsel to Tom Lazur for the respondent developer in a circa £800,000 true value dispute concerning a terminated consultant appointment.
• acting as junior counsel to Alexandra Bodnar for the main contractor in a final account dispute relating to a luxury residential development.
• acting for the respondent homeowners in smash and grab and true value adjudications in relation to a final account dispute arising under a JCT Minor Works Building Contract.
• acting for a developer in a dispute concerning defective electrical works in the fit-out of commercial office space.

• Assisted with drafting Particulars of Claim in a Part 8 claim seeking declarations as to the validity of performance bonds issued in relation to housing developments.