Scott McKinnell

Legal Director | Birmingham, United Kingdom

Also works in London

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Scott is a legal director based in Kennedy’s Birmingham office, he also works in our London office and nationally.

Scott is a highly experienced construction lawyer and has worked for over 20 years in the construction industry, both in house at a number of main and specialist contractors and in law firms, using NEC, JCT and other industry forms and on a number of PFI/PPP, public sector and more recently alliancing forms of contract.

Scott has expertise in both contentious and non-contentious construction law in advising developers, funders, contractors, specialist subcontractors and design consultants and contract administrators.

Scott’s career has involved advising on a number of leading industry cases including Carillon Construction Limited v Felix (UK) Limited and Carillion Construction Limited v Blyth & Blyth. Scott also regularly advises on construction adjudications.

Qualifications:

  • Qualified in England and Wales - 1997

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Work highlights

  • National rail and infrastructure projects in London and across the UK
  • Nuclear new build and decommissioning projects
  • Military projects in the UK and overseas
  • Datacentre projects
  • Hospital and laboratory projects
  • Automotive sector projects for production of electric car batteries

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