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Independent delay expert appointments for adjudication, arbitration, litigation and expert determination. When appointed as expert, the overriding duty is owed to the relevant court, tribunal or forum, not the appointing party, and opinions are confined to what the evidence supports.
An expert's opinion does not change with instruction. Reports are prepared to the procedural requirements of the relevant forum, including CPR Part 35 where it applies. The expert role is kept clearly separate from claims consultancy, and the two are not combined on the same matter.
ProTech PlanningWhen this service is required
An independent delay expert is required to give evidence in adjudication, arbitration, litigation or expert determination.
AppointmentInstructing teams want an early, candid assessment of the delay position in a separate, non-testifying expert advisory capacity.
AdvisoryA joint statement or expert meeting is directed, and the delay issues need to be narrowed rigorously.
Joint processFor solicitors, counsel, insurers and parties to proceedings
Expert work is prepared to the procedural requirements of the relevant forum, with reasoned opinions confined to what the evidence supports. A separate, non-testifying expert advisory role is also available for testing a case privately before positions are committed; advisory involvement is disclosed and may affect whether the same person can later accept an independent expert appointment on that matter.
What you receiveApproach & controls
Every appointment begins with a conflict check across parties, projects and prior instructions. Independence is established before the engagement is.
Where technology assists the analysis, its outputs are verified against the source records and the reasoning remains that of the expert. The opinion, and the responsibility for it, rests with the appointed specialist. See our approach.
Related casework
An independent retrospective delay analysis prepared as expert evidence within the compressed timetable of adjudication.
The adjudicator preferred the analysis and awarded the assessed Extension of Time in full.
Early appointment is generally preferable. It allows the expert to assess the available programmes and records, identify the analysis the evidence can support and highlight information gaps while they can still be addressed. An early preliminary view can be given, but a substantive opinion is reached only once sufficient information has been reviewed.
The parties and their advisers, the project and the general nature of the dispute. That is enough to check prior instructions and relationships across parties, projects and advisers before any substantive discussion of the matter takes place.
Not usually as independent expert. Prior consultancy or advisory involvement in a matter is disclosed and, where it would compromise independence, the expert appointment is declined. The conflict check at the outset is designed to identify exactly this.
Instructing an expert?
Initial discussions, including conflict checks, are confidential and without obligation. Enquiries are acknowledged within one business day; deadline-critical matters receive priority attention.