Tim Richards

Overview
Tim is a Partner in our Milton Keynes Real Estate Team and Head of the Construction Law team. His practice area is construction and procurement law advising clients on both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of building and engineering projects for both public and private sector clients. Tim is a member of the firm's Charity and Education and Banking and Finance Groups.
Experience
Tim has 30 years experience of advising clients on a full range of construction and procurement law issues. His extensive expertise covers heavyweight construction disputes including final account, delay, disruption and defects claims. He is well versed in all dispute resolution techniques including court proceedings (where he has been involved in several notable reported cases), arbitrations, adjudications and alternative dispute resolution procedures. Tim also has extensive non-contentious experience covering the drafting of all forms of contract and development documentation on a range of construction projects for corporate and financial institutions as well as in the local authority, education, healthcare and charity sectors. He has also advised both private and public sector clients on PFI projects as well as on the application of the EU Procurement legislation to the contracts into which they are entering
Background
Tim read law at University College Cardiff before completing his legal practice course at the College of Law in Guildford. He trained as a solicitor at Evershed & Tomkinson (now Eversheds) in Birmingham before taking up a position upon qualification in 1985 as a solicitor in the Litigation department at Linklaters & Paines (now Linklaters) in London. Tim joined Hewitsons in February 1996 as head of Construction becoming a partner in the same year. Tim is a member of the Society of Construction Law.
Recognised in the 9th edition of The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2021.
Additional information
Ranked in Chambers & Partners UK Guide to the Legal Profession 2019. A Recommended Lawyer in Legal 500 Client’s Guide to the Legal Profession 2021.
Date of Qualification
1st October, 1985
Service Areas
Latest News
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Hewitsons recognised by The Best Lawyers in UK 2021
10th Jun 2020
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J B Leadbitter & Co Limited -v- Hygrove Holdings Limited (2012)
30th Aug 2012
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Keeping advice confidential...
14th Jun 2012
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Accelerated procedure - relaxation withdrawn
17th Jan 2012
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Hewitsons team wins Battle of the Brains quiz fundraiser
10th Nov 2016