Committee

Jonathan is a solicitor specialising in construction and engineering law.  He is one of the founding partners of Sheridan Gold LLP, prior to which he was a partner in Shadbolt LLP.   Jonathan has specialised in construction and engineering law throughout his career, which has also included working in house for Laing O’Rourke and Atkins.  He graduated from King’s College with a MSc in Construction and Arbitration in 1997.  Jonathan is married with three daughters, and his leisure interests include cycling and cricket.

Gary is a Senior Director at Kroll Advisory Limited. He is a chartered quantity surveyor specialising in quantum expert witness services and dispute resolution on domestic and international construction and engineering projects. He also acts as an adjudicator on the RICS and TeCSA panel of adjudicators.

Paul Greenwell is an expert witness for forensic planning and project management matters at Socotec Advisory and has testified in the TCC and in Arbitration. He also specialises in the provision of independent expert project review of high profile infrastructure and process projects.

Priscilla is a testified quantum expert and Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 20 years’ experience in the Construction Industry. She is a Fellow Member of RICS and CIArb and is experienced in providing expert witness opinion and technical advice to wide range of clients in the process of arbitration, litigation, adjudication and negotiation in both the UK and internationally.

Jamie studied materials science at the University of Cambridge, joined Jacobs as a Forensic Researcher and left Capita Symonds having worked as a Funder's Agent to complete an intellectual property pupillage at Hogarth Chambers.  He currently practices as an intellectual property barrister at Hogarth Chambers focussing on trade marks, copyright, patents, designs and related commercial disputes.  He completed the MSc as a non-lawyer in 2009 and until recently, lectured lawyers on ductility and corrosion.

Diarmuid is a forensic delay analyst at Turner & Townsend with experience as a Civil Engineer working with a major contractor. He also specialises in the provision of independent expert project review of high profile infrastructure projects. Diarmuid works both to advise on the successful delivery of projects and in addressing disputes between parties. Diarmuid is currently completing his second year of the MSc.

James is a barrister at 3 Paper buildings who specialises in contract and commercial disputes. He has a particular expertise with construction and engineering matters gained from more than 10 years experience working in-house in the construction and engineering sector when he worked for two of the UK’s leading construction consultancies.

Anne qualified in 1982 and, having worked at a number of Magic Circle firms, joined Lawrence Stephens in December 2006 to establish the firm’s Construction department. She has wide experience in both residential and commercial developments, construction, infrastructure and health projects, Public Finance Initiative and Public Private Partnership projects. She advises extensively from procurement and tendering, through to the negotiation and settlement of the project documentation both as project manager and player.

Suryen is a dual-qualified lawyer specialising in construction and engineering law, with a primary focus on dispute resolution and litigation. Suryen is also a practising accredited adjudicator and arbitrator. He is experienced in domestic and international arbitration and construction adjudication.
He is a practising solicitor (England & Wales) and practising barrister (Mauritius). He completed his MSc at Kings College in 2012. Suryen is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an accredited Adjudicator on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Ed Freeman is a solicitor in the construction and engineering team at Eversheds-Sutherland, dividing his time between the bright lights of London and the flat fenland of Cambridge. He specialises in drafting, negotiating and advising on construction and engineering contracts. When not looking after his two boys he enjoys cycling and improving his Spanish.

Kerry is a Senior Associate working in the Construction Litigation team at Macfarlanes LLP.   She has experience across a range of disputes in the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors, having acted on a number of arbitrations, adjudication boards and mediations, as well as proceedings in the TCC. 

She completed her MSc in Construction Law & Dispute Resolution in 2023.  

Thomas completed the MSc in 2025 and works for Dornan Engineering, a large MEP contractor, providing commercial and legal advice to the commercial and senior leadership teams. He previously worked as a quantity surveyor, primarily for data centre and industrial logistics projects at both consultancies and contractors, and started the Cambridge CEM MSt programme the same week he submitted his MSc dissertation.