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Featuring: Daniel Miles, J.S. Held & David Rollason, David Rollason Associates By Daniel Miles
 

In this podcast, Daniel Miles speaks with David Rollason, Director at David Rollason Associates, about COVID-19’s effect on urban planning and changes in the ways people now work and live. They also discuss David’s experience in the 1990s as an engineering professional in Hong Kong and why he followed in his family’s footsteps of setting up his own business.

Other topics covered include:

  • Benefits of hot tubbing or concurrent expert evidence, particularly in international arbitrations
  • When adjudication is more appropriate than arbitration
  • The difficult role of claimant’s expert
  • Mediation of indemnity claims and evaluative mediations
  • Joint statements
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More About Daniel Miles

Daniel Miles joined J.S. Held’s Construction Advisory practice as a Senior Managing Director in April of 2023 as part of J.S. Held’s acquisition of Aquila Forensics. He is an experienced chartered quantity surveyor and testifying expert witness with more than 15 years of experience working on high-value, complex disputes. Daniel has given evidence on multiple occasions in various international arbitrations. He specializes in the provision of quantum advice and opinion in mediation, adjudication, arbitration, and litigation.

Daniel lectures at both Stuttgart University and Derby University on contract administration and assessment of quantum and delays in disputes in a number of courses. He also provides training for firms on the commercial management of contracts under all significant contract forms.

Daniel can be reached at [email protected] or +44 78 4241 6592.

More About David Rollason

David Rollason, Director of David Rollason Associates, is a Chartered Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Services Engineer. His firm focuses on independent expert advice in relation to M&E disputes, with particular expert emphasis on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). He has considerable experience working on projects spanning the institutional, industrial, and commercial sectors, both in the UK and overseas. Before starting his firm in 2009, he served as a Director at Navigant Consulting and Director Construction Dispute Resolution at WYG International. He has functioned as single party independent expert for claimants and defendants, and as single joint expert. He has provided expert advice on matters that are the subject of litigation, mediation, arbitration, and adjudication, and has participated in mediations and given evidence in civil and criminal courts as well as during arbitration and adjudication hearings.

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