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Max Twivy has a busy practice covering all areas of Chambers’ work, include construction, engineering, professional negligence, energy and utilities, and infrastructure.
Max also has significant experience in insolvency work and a range of general commercial disputes. Clients have described Max as “a name to watch for the future”, “extremely detailed, sharp and engaged”, “very intelligent and knowledgeable”, “very effective in his advice”, a “very clear communicator”, and “responsive and very pleasant to work with”. Max is ranked as a Rising Star in Construction by The Legal 500.
As junior counsel, Max’s recent instructions include acting in the first TCC case to consider whether an adjudicator has jurisdiction to determine a claim under the Defective Premises Act 1972 (BDW v Ardmore), two of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of the year in 2024 and 2022, a number of cladding and fire safety claims, a PFI dispute relating to street lighting, and international arbitrations relating to infrastructure and energy projects.
Max is regularly instructed as sole counsel. Recent instructions include appearing in a TCC Part 8 claim (MY Contracts v 74 Hamilton), representing Transport for London in a successful High Court strike out application (Houston v Transport for London), and appearing in an adjudication enforcement hearing against a leading silk.
Max is co-editor of the TECBAR Review, placed 1st in the SCL Hudson Prize, and has been published in the International Construction Law Review. Max ranked 1st in his year at law school, having graduated from Cambridge University with a starred double first.
Max has acted in a wide range of domestic and international construction, engineering, and infrastructure disputes, in the TCC and in arbitrations. Recent work includes:
Cladding and Fire Safety
General construction & engineering
Energy, Utilities, Infrastructure, and PFI
Procedural and other matters
Much of Max’s construction and engineering work (as set out above) involves allegations of professional negligence, including (for example) the following:
Max is regularly instructed in adjudications and adjudication enforcement proceedings. Recent examples include:
Max has also drafted advice on numerous procedural and commercial, company and contract law matters, including: bonds and guarantees; contractual interpretation of various insurance policies; retention of title in goods and s25 of the Sale of Goods Act; and injunctive relief.
BDW Trading Ltd v Ardmore Construction Ltd [2024] EWHC 3235 (TCC)
MY Contracts Ltd v 74 Hamilton Terrace Freehold Ltd [2024] EWHC 2896 (TCC)
Puma SE v Transport for London [2023] EWHC 1236 (IPEC)
Houston v Transport for London [2022] EWHC 3279 (KB)
Blacknest Gate Ltd v Seymour Realty Ltd [2020] EWHC 3878 (TCC)
Dimension Data Advanced Infrastructure Ltd v Berkeley Homes Plc [2020] EWHC 1328 (TCC)
Max is a member of the SCL, TECBAR and COMBAR.
Max is ranked as a Rising Star in Construction by The Legal 500.
“Max is extremely detailed, sharp and engaged. He is responsive and is very pleasant to work with. Certainly a name to watch for the future.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2025
“Max is clearly very intelligent and knowledgeable. He has proven to be very effective in his advice. He is a very clear communicator.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2024
Max is on the TECBAR committee, and is a co-editor of the TECBAR Review.
Rupert Choat KC and Max Twivy acted for the successful Claimant in BDW Trading v Ardmore…
Max Twivy successfully represented the Claimant in the TCC in MY Contracts Ltd v 74…
The Lawyer ‘s Top 20 Cases of 2024 have been released and feature two cases…
Edited by Caroline Greenfield and Max Twivy, the new issue of TECBAR Review contains two…
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