Iain is highly experienced in construction, engineering, major projects, and negligence disputes. He is an active solicitor-advocate, appearing regularly against senior and junior counsel in the Court of Session, principally in the Commercial Court. He has a large adjudication practice, recently concluding a series of complex adjudication claims for a contractor regarding a major flood engineering project, including achieving an extension of time award of 2.5 years. He has also recently conducted a series of successful adjudications on energy and civil engineering projects in Wales, England and Scotland.. Iain also has a substantial mediation practice, conducting mediations across the UK, and also advises adjudicators. Iain has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in construction law since 2003 and is also a member of the Law Society of Scotland's specialist accreditation panel for professional negligence.

Admitted in Scotland.

Professional Associations
Law Society of Scotland
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Adjudication Society
Society of Solicitor Advocates

• The uneasy relationship between adjudication and insolvency

  By Iain Drummond |January 2022

• Clause and effect: “see to it” and “on demand” guarantees

  By Iain Drummond |November 2021

• HSE prosecutes contractor due to health and safety breaches during COVID-19 “spot check”

  By Iain Drummond |November 2021