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Mark Breslin

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Mark is a partner in the Infrastructure, Construction and Energy Disputes team, based in the London office. He has over 10 years of experience in big-ticket litigation, arbitration, adjudication and ADR processes, including mediation.

He acts for clients from all sides of the industry, principally in complex construction and technical engineering disputes. He has spent time on client secondment with a leading international consultancy practice and since then, spends a considerable amount of time providing project advisory services to clients on major developments, with a particular focus on large commercial schemes and power projects (biomass, energy-from-waste, solar and wind).

Relevant experience

A developer on a dispute with its main contractor as a result of 9-month delay. The project was the redevelopment of a well-known mixed-use retail/office/residential building in the UK.
A main contractor in an adjudication with a facade sub-contractor in respect of a variation dispute on a major London development.
A main contractor in an adjudication with a dry-lining sub-contractor in respect of a payment notice on a major London development.
A consultant on a dispute against a consortium of house-builders.
The landlord on a £170m dispute in the TCC.
A groundworks sub-contractor on a defects dispute with a main contractor in respect of the DLR in London.
A sub-contractor on a dispute with the main contractor in respect of works at Heathrow Airport.
A sub- contractor a dispute arising out of surfacing works at an energy plant in the UK.
A main contractor in a £90m international arbitration against insurers relating to the recovery of losses under its insurance policies. The projects are a series of biomass/energy-from-waste projects in the UK.

Education

2013 – MSc, Construction Law & Disputes, King’s College, London
2006 – LPC, University of the West of England
2004 – BA (Hons), Law & Accounting, The University of Manchester, Manchester

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution Alternative Dispute Resolution Construction & Engineering Disputes Energy Disputes International Arbitration

sectors

Construction & Engineering

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Publication United Kingdom

Building Safety Act Annual Review 2026

17 Mar 2026 3 min read

Publication United Kingdom

Building Safety Act Annual Review 2025

19 Mar 2025 1 min read

Legal Update United Kingdom

Do variation clauses permit the suspension or acceleration of construction works?

21 Feb 2025 6 min read