Expert evidence

Expert evidence supports dispute resolution where independent technical opinion is required on building condition, defects, workmanship, causation, cost, maintenance liability or compliance. Our building consultancy specialists provide independent, technically grounded expert opinion for property, construction, and building-related disputes, including preliminary advice, expert reports, joint statements, meetings with other experts, mediation support, and evidence for formal proceedings.

Expert evidence services

Expert evidence reports

Our building consultancy experts prepare independent building surveying reports on defects, disrepair, workmanship, causation, and the scope of remedial works. These professional, impartial reports can be used to support clients through negotiation, mediation, adjudication, arbitration, tribunal, or court proceedings, where appropriate.

Dispute strategy support

We can also provide pre-action technical advice and dispute strategy support, alongside your legal advisers, to facilitate efficient, pragmatic solutions to conflicts. This includes joint inspections, holding meetings of experts, and issuing joint statements. We can also review technical documentation, photographs, specifications, maintenance records, lease clauses, and project correspondence to identify faults, negligence, or breaches of lease clauses.

Expert witness support

If a dispute is brought before a court or tribunal, our specialists can support legal proceedings by providing expert witness testimony, RICS Red Book valuations, or schedules of dilapidations. In accordance with RICS regulations and Civil Procedure Rules, our specialists owe an overriding duty to the court or tribunal from the time of instruction, which supersedes any obligation to the party funding the instruction.

Expert evidence for a range of purposes

Our building defects experts deliver clear, evidence-based opinions, presented in a professional and impartial manner that can be relied upon for a range of purposes. This includes resolving dilapidations claims where landlord and tenant cannot agree on lease-end costs, resolving complex disagreements over Party Wall Awards, and establishing liability and financial losses arising from failures in design, materials, and other building defects. We can also assist in contract administration disputes, helping resolve conflicts of delays, variations and damages.