Scotland Region
 Caroline McDermottCaroline is a chartered quantity surveyor, quantum expert witness and adjudicator with experience working for contractors on complex civil engineering projects across highways, major earthworks, power, water, hydro, rail and regeneration sectors. Caroline also provides commercial advice on distressed projects, supporting clients to resolve or progress disputes and she provides adjudication support services. Caroline is a keen advocate of encouraging greater diversity in adjudication and the core construction professions. |
 Gerry BranniganGerry Brannigan is a Partner and FTS Growth Development Lead at HKA. Gerry is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of CIBSE with 25 years’ experience. Since 2012, he has been appointed as a technical expert witness on more than 50 occasions in building services engineering (MEP) and multi-disciplinary design management. He has been appointed on several complex construction disputes globally, providing oral evidence at arbitrations, adjudications, and dispute adjudication boards. |
 Scott JohnstonScott Johnston is a partner at Pinsent Masons, based in Aberdeen. He manages and resolves domestic and international engineering and construction disputes and is accredited as a specialist in construction and engineering law. Scott advises clients operating in the energy and infrastructure sectors, focussing particularly on offshore construction and marine engineering in the oil and gas and renewables spheres. Scott is qualified in Scotland, England and New South Wales, Australia. |
 Andrew GroomAndy joined Brodies after a previous successful career as a senior underwriter with one of the UK’s largest insurers. Drawing on his previous career experience, he has a sound understanding of the insurance sector and commercial appreciation of his clients’ needs. Representing Contractors and Employers and designers, he has experience working with various standard form and bespoke construction and engineering contracts and a wide range of dispute resolution processes including successful high value adjudications and Court of Session actions, mediations, adjudications and court appointed Early Neutral Evaluations. |